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* Update About-Nodes.rst

Co-authored-by: Chris Lalancette <clalancette@gmail.com>
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Nodes can :doc:`publish <About-Topics>` to named topics to deliver data to other nodes, or :doc:`subscribe <About-Topics>` to named topics to get data from other nodes.
They can also act as a :doc:`service client <About-Services>` to have another node perform a computation on their behalf, or as a :doc:`service server <About-Services>` to provide functionality to other nodes.
For long-running computations, a node can act as an :doc:`action client <About-Actions>` to perform it, or as an :doc:`action server <About-Actions>` to have another node perform it.
For long-running computations, a node can act as an :doc:`action client <About-Actions>` to have another node perform it on their behalf, or as an :doc:`action server <About-Actions>` to provide functionality to other nodes.
Nodes can provide configurable :doc:`parameters <About-Parameters>` to change behavior during run-time.

Nodes are often a complex combination of publishers, subscribers, service servers, service clients, action servers, and action clients, all at the same time.

Connections between nodes are established through a distributed :doc:`discovery <About-Discovery>` process.

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