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That is a parallel circuit. Each bulb is wired directly to the power and not through each other.

A Christmas tree light set is an example of a series circuit, and often up to 3 series circuits in parallel. Because the sets are wired in parallel, a missing bulb in one of the series sets only affects that one set, and thus 2/3 of the lights may still work.

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