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i didn't know the actual data got passed from host to host... i was always under the impression that the data was broadcast and merely the token or "talking sti
by a-dub 6y ago
i didn't know the actual data got passed from host to host... i was always under the impression that the data was broadcast and merely the token or "talking stick" got passed from host to host in a ring.
- jecel 6y agoWhat you described is known as a "Token Bus". The one developed by General Motors became an IEEE standard (802.4) for a while as an alternative to Ethernet (802.3) and the Token Ring (802.5) but was quickly forgotten. A more popular token bus was the Arcnet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCNET https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCNET While IBM's Token Ring was the most famous one there were others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Ring_(computer_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Ring_(computer_netwo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_Distributed_Data_Interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_Distributed_Data_Interfa... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Coherent_Interface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Coherent_Interface