token ring

Noun

Meaning

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token ring (plural token rings)

(computing) A network standard invented by IBM and later defined by the 802.5 subcommittee of the IEEE which provides for a network with a star ring topology, and which operates by passing a token frame around the logical ring.

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Examples

Although FDDI logical topology is a ring-based token network, it did not use the IEEE 802.5 token ring protocol as its basis; instead, its protocol was derived from the IEEE 802.4 token bus timed token protocol. Source: Internet

Differential Manchester is specified in the IEEE 802.5 standard for token ring LANs, and is used for many other applications, including magnetic and optical storage. Source: Internet

Deployment FDDI was considered an attractive campus backbone network technology in the early to mid 1990s since existing Ethernet networks only offered 10 Mbit/s data rates and token ring networks only offered 4 Mbit/s or 16 Mbit/s rates. Source: Internet

If Iachimo wins, he will get Posthumus's token ring. Source: Internet

It is also called 100VG-AnyLAN because it was defined to carry both Ethernet and token ring frame types. Source: Internet

This scheme was simpler than the competing token ring or token bus technologies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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