asking a silly question about pc-pc or pc-hub network wire

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> Normally in office, I connect my pc to the hub by a pc-hub network wire;
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> But today I tried to connect them by a pc-pc wire, I thought it won't work
> at all.
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> But to my surprise, I can still surf the net.
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> I'm confused with this.
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> Thank you.
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> BTW, what does adaptive mean? Someone told me that my hub is an adaptive
> one.

your hub is switching and so has changed the way it works to take into account the cross over cable