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full -duplex ?

what is meant by full duplex and half duplex?
b'coz in differences b\w hub and switch ,i heard lot this duplex word
so please help me
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In a two way link full duplex means that communication happens in both directions at the same time and half duplex means that communication takes place in one direction at any given time.

An analogy would be telephone is full duplex, CB radio is half duplex.
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