👉 Areaways is a term used in computer science and network engineering, particularly within the context of routing protocols. It describes a protocol where nodes communicate with each other over a network without having to physically meet up. This allows for efficient communication between different devices on a network by using a common routing mechanism. In this sense, areaways can be seen as an extension of the traditional round-robin approach in routing protocols, which involves each node in the network communicating with all nodes that are not directly connected to