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Multiple Choice

When routing protocol updates occur and all routers in the autonomous system have been updated it is called _________.

Convergence is when, after a routing topology change, all routers have updated and settled on a single, consistent view of the network so their routing tables stop changing. This happens as updates propagate and each router recalculates the best paths; once the last router adopts the new routes, the network is considered converged. Quick convergence reduces the chance of temporary loops or misrouted traffic during the change. While networks can be described as stable, the specific term for this final, settled state is convergence—other terms like stability, synchronization, or conformity aren’t the standard description of this process.

Convergence is when, after a routing topology change, all routers have updated and settled on a single, consistent view of the network so their routing tables stop changing. This happens as updates propagate and each router recalculates the best paths; once the last router adopts the new routes, the network is considered converged. Quick convergence reduces the chance of temporary loops or misrouted traffic during the change. While networks can be described as stable, the specific term for this final, settled state is convergence—other terms like stability, synchronization, or conformity aren’t the standard description of this process.