Editing Star network (section)

{{Short description|Computer network topology}}
{{About|the network topology|the interbank network|STAR (interbank network)|the television network|Star Television Network|other uses|Starnet (disambiguation){{!}}Starnet}}
{{Redirect|Hub and spokes architecture|the network of alliances in the Asia-Pacific region|San Francisco System}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2020}}
[[File:Star Topology.png|thumb|Star topology in use in a network]]

A '''star network''' is an implementation of a [[spoke–hub distribution paradigm]] in [[computer network]]s. In a star network, every [[host (network)|host]] is connected to a central [[hub (network science)|hub]]. In its simplest form, one central hub acts as a conduit to transmit messages.<ref>{{citation
 | last1 = Roberts | first1 = Lawrence G.
 | last2 = Wessler | first2 = Barry D.
 | contribution = Computer network development to achieve resource sharing
 | doi = 10.1145/1476936.1477020
 | location = New York, NY, USA
 | pages = 543–549
 | publisher = ACM
 | title = AFIPS '70 (Spring): Proceedings of the May 5–7, 1970, spring joint computer conference
 | year = 1970| s2cid = 9343511
 }}</ref>  The star network is one of the most common [[Network topology|computer network topologies]].