What is the purpose of running all the wires of a switch into another switch?

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Published on 2010-03-17T23:17:32Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 23:21 UTC
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Sorry if I am completely wrong but in most photos I see of user's networks I have been seeing what appears to be a switc which then runs all the cat5/cat6 wires to another box that looks like a switch. What is the purose of doing this? Below is a photo to explain what I am trying to ask about better.
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