token ring

A computer local area network arbitration scheme in which

conflicts in the transmission of messages are avoided by the

granting of "tokens" which give permission to send. A station

keeps the token while transmitting a message, if it has a

message to transmit, and then passes it on to the next

station.

Often, "Token Ring" is used to refer to the IEEE 802.5 token

ring standard, which is the most common type of token ring.

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