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by throw0101a 3 days ago
Some of the 'old' names:

> A network switch (also called switching hub, bridging hub, Ethernet switch, and—by the IEEE—MAC bridge[1]) is networking hardware that connects devices on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch