daisy chain
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- (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiencesType of chain, concatenation
- flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schoolsType of flower chain
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daisy chain
<networking> 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).
(1997-01-07)