Editing Network operations center (section)

{{Short description|Location from which network management is performed}}
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[[Image:NOC-IUPUI.jpg|thumb|Overview of a typical NOC. Status monitors (front), backbone overview (back), and news broadcast on TV-set (right).  Note the safe under the desk, typically for backups, passwords, or hardware cryptographic devices. - Picture of the Global Network Operations Center [GlobalNOC] at Indiana University]]

A '''network operations center''' ('''NOC''', pronounced like the word ''knock''), also known as a "network management center", is one or more locations from which [[network monitoring]] and control, or [[network management]], is exercised over a [[computer network|computer]], [[telecommunications network|telecommunication]]<ref name="thenextweb1">{{cite web |url=https://thenextweb.com/mobile/2011/02/24/exclusive-inside-atts-top-secret-network-operations-center-noc/ |title=Exclusive : Inside AT&T's top-secret Network Operations Center (NOC) |author=Jeff Cormier |date=24 February 2011 |access-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830232024/http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2011/02/24/exclusive-inside-atts-top-secret-network-operations-center-noc/ |archive-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> or [[Communications satellite|satellite]] network.<ref name="defensesystems1">{{cite web |url=http://defensesystems.com/articles/2012/07/25/new-noc.aspx |title=Network Operations Center opens to handle satellite bandwidth |date=25 July 2012 |access-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618202814/http://defensesystems.com/articles/2012/07/25/new-noc.aspx |archive-date=18 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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