a college is building a new dormitory on its campus. workers are digging in the ground to install a new water pipe for the dormitory. a worker accidentally damages a fiber optic cable that connects two of the existing dormitories to the campus data center. although the cable has been cut, students in the dormitories only experience a very short interruption of network services. what characteristic of the network is shown here?

The characteristic of the network shown in this scenario is fault tolerance. Fault tolerance refers to a network's ability to continue operating properly even when one or more components fail. In this case, although a fiber optic cable connecting two dormitories to the campus data center was accidentally cut, the network experienced only a very short interruption because the network was designed to quickly respond to such failures, likely through redundant pathways or failover mechanisms

. This redundancy ensures that if one cable is damaged, data can still be routed through alternative paths, minimizing downtime and maintaining service continuity