Answer:
Attenuation.
Explanation:
Attenuation means a gradual reduction in the strength of a signal as it moves from station to station which may even cause the receiving station to misinterpret the signal. Any signal can be attenuated - digital or analog.
Attenuation is often caused by weakness, fatigue or passiveness of networking cables and connectors. It could also be caused by noise and long distance.
To get around this, the network device(s) will often resend signals multiple times over just to ensure that at least one of the signals gets there and is interpreted correctly.
