daisy chain
Connected in series, one after the other. Transmitted signals go to the first device, then to the second and so on. |
| A SCSI Daisy Chain |
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| Both internal and external SCSI devices are daisy chained together. Each device has an "in" and "out" port. |
daisy chain [′dāz·ē ‚chān]
(computer science)
A means of connecting devices (readers, printers, and so on) to a central processor by party-line input/output buses which join these devices by male and female connectors, the last female connector being shorted by a suitable line termination.
| (networking) | daisy chain - A bus wiring scheme in which, for example,
device A is wired to device B, device B is wired to device C,
etc. The last device is normally wired to a resistor or
terminator. All devices may receive identical signals or,
in contrast to a simple bus, each device in the chain may
modify one or more signals before passing them on. Characteristic of RS-485, of Apple's LocalTalk, and of various industrial control networks; also often used to describe Thinwire Ethernet (10base2). |
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