When computers in a network listen and receive the signal, it is termed as active toplogy

The statement in the question is not accurate. The term “active topology” does not specifically refer to computers in a network listening and receiving the signal. Instead, network topology is categorized into different types based on how devices are interconnected and communicate over a network. The main types of network topology include star, ring, bus, tree, and mesh.

However, the concept that may closely relate to devices actively listening and receiving signals in a network context could be associated with “active networking” or the characteristics of specific network devices (like active hubs in a physical star topology) that actively manage data packets, amplifying or repeating the signals they receive to maintain signal strength across the network.

If discussing the activeness of a network or its components, it might be more appropriate to refer to concepts such as active monitoring, where network devices or software actively check the network’s health and performance by sending test data and analyzing the results. But this does not constitute an “active topology” in the formal sense of network design or architecture terminology.