Compare with UNI . NOA nature of address. NOC network operations center. Organization responsible for maintaining a network. Endpoint of a network connection or a junction common to two or more lines in a network.
Nodes can be processors, controllers, or workstations.
Nodes, which vary in routing and other functional capabilities, can be interconnected by links, and serve as control points in the network. Node is sometimes used generically to refer to any entity that can access a network, and is frequently used interchangeably with device. See also host . In SNA, the basic component of a network and the point at which one or more functional units connect channels or data circuits. See NBMA .