token ring

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token ring - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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.
  
     Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.dcom.lans.token-ring.