<
networking> (IEEE 802.4) A networking protocol which mediates
access to a
bus topology network as though it were a {
token
ring}. This eliminates the
collisions found in {carrier
sense collision detect} protocols.
Nodes can be configured
to pass the
token in any order, not necessarily related to
their physical ordering on the bus. The
token is sent from
one node to its successor in the logical ring by broadcast on
the bus and is ignored by the other nodes.
(1996-12-13)