While the former focuses on how web pages are interconnected through hyperlinks, the latter refers to the layout of network infrastructure like routers, ISPs, and backbone connections.
In this manner, the rings form a sort of dome away from the center that is reminiscent of a jellyfish, with the hanging nodes making up the creature's tentacles.
[3] The Bow Tie model comprises four main groups of web pages, plus some smaller ones.
[4][5] The Bow Tie model has additional, smaller groups of web pages.
Visually, they form alternative routes from "In" to "Out", like tubes bending around the central strongly connected component.