Fluidic Network
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A fluidic network is a type of storage area network designed to transport datafluids. They have some advantages over standard computer networks; namely, they trade latency for a much higher transfer rate, reduce bottlenecks, and are more resilient in environments subject or sensitive to electromagnetic interference. Due to their tradeoffs, they are generally only used in military facilities, scientific laboratories, and long-term archival vaults.
Disadvantages include higher expenses, a requirement for complex routing and pumping systems, increased physical space requirements, and the lack of authentication measures to prevent against unauthorised access. They are a direct competitor to their wetware equivalent (blood networks), which make the same latency-transfer rate exchange. Fluidic networks use turbopumps to drive datafluids at high velocities between nodes in the system, and certain systems make use of a “smart” pumping implementation where pressure in the network is precisely controlled to carefully balance speed.