Why OSPF is called Link State?

Related questions

1. What is private ASN?
2. What is the difference between BGP and OSPF?
3. Is distance a vector protocol?
4. Is BGP link state protocol?
5. What is an ASN?
6. Which layer protocol is BGP?
7. What is ASN warehouse?
8. What is an AS number for BGP?
9. What is difference between distance vector and link state?
10. Why is link state better than distance vector?

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