What's so discrete about discrete topology? I am a beginner at topology. I recently learned about discrete topology.
But the definition of discrete topology doesn't convey anything 'discrete' to me. Is it just whimsically named like top, bottom quarks in physics or does discreteness has anything to do with discrete topology?
P.S As I've not found anything like  this on this site I hops this is not duplicate.

Do you understand what's so isolated about an "isolated" point? Well, a discrete space is a space in which every point is isolated. This seems to agree well with the dictionary definition of "discrete": "consisting of distinct or unconnected elements."
