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fc417fc802yesterday at 8:22 PM1 replyview on HN

I'm only a single datapoint but I've never encountered that usage. My understanding of a bidirectional link is that it meets the same spec in both directions simultaneously. It's important precisely because many links aren't bidirectional, sharing a single physical link between two logical links.


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dcrazyyesterday at 9:03 PM

The more precise terms are full-duplex and half-duplex.