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    Token Ring is a physical and data link layer computer networking technology used to build local area networks. It was introduced by IBM in 1984, and standardized...
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    computer networking, a token bus network is a network implementing a token-passing protocol over a virtual ring on a coaxial cable. A token is passed around...
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    Packet Ring, and Ethernet Ring Protection Switching. IEEE 802.5 networks – also known as IBM Token Ring networks – avoid the weakness of a ring topology...
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  • LeLann, who formalized it as a method to create a new token in a token ring network in which the token has been lost. Leader election algorithms are designed...
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    a ring topology when the cabling is done in a star topology as a Token Ring network, internally wired to connect the stations into a logical ring (generally...
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    local area networks; historical network technologies include ARCNET, Token Ring, and LocalTalk. Most wired network infrastructures utilize Category 5...
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  • which a token circles in a logical ring Token, an object used in Petri net theory Lexical token, a word or other atomic parse element Token, a voucher...
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  • 802.4 (Token Bus) send the bytes (octets) over the wire, left-to-right, with least significant bit in each byte first, while IEEE 802.5 (Token Ring) and...
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  • protocols for communication over the wire. In 1985, IBM went forward with the Token Ring network scheme and produced an emulator of Sytek's NetBIOS API to allow...
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  • Token Ring networks can share the same Local Area Network infrastructure with workstations and servers. NCP encapsulates SNA packets into Token-Ring frames...
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  • 4 (Token Bus) send the bytes (octets) over the wire, left-to-right, with the least significant bit in each byte first, while IEEE 802.5 (Token Ring) and...
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    Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is an Ethernet or Token Ring computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened from sleep mode by a network...
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    Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies such as Token Ring, FDDI and ARCNET. The original 10BASE5 Ethernet uses a thick coaxial cable...
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  • In a ring network, such as Token Ring, ring latency is the time required for a signal to propagate once around the ring. Ring latency may be measured in...
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    ring-based token network, it did not use the IEEE 802.5 Token Ring protocol as its basis; instead, its protocol was derived from the IEEE 802.4 token...
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    performance networked printer. The initial MIO interface card had Ethernet and Token Ring physical layer variants and used various networking protocols over an...
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  • AppleTalk (redirect from TokenTalk)
    IBM's Token Ring would not be ready in time for the launch of the Mac, and might miss the launch of these other products as well. In the end, Token Ring would...
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  • 12 Mbit/s Apollo Token Ring (ATR), and then 10 Mbit/s Ethernet was added as an option. It has been stated[who?] that the IBM Token Ring was an option but...
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    Line Analyzer (‘The Sniffer’)”. They then reengineered TART for IBM’s Token Ring network hardware, created a different user interface with software written...
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  • is no pre-defined "master" node. The most well-known examples are IBM Token Ring and ARCNET, but there were a range of others, including FDDI (Fiber Distributed...
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  • ISO/IEC 8802-5 is a joint ISO/IEC standard that defines Token Ring access methods and physical layer specifications. The ISO/IEC 8802-5:1998 standard,...
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  • company founded by Robert Madge, and is best known for its work with Token Ring. It was a global leader and pioneer of high-speed networking solutions...
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  • 802.2 to support transparent translating bridges between Ethernet and Token Ring or FDDI networks. There exists an Internet standard for encapsulating...
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    devices were connected to the control unit over coaxial cable; later Token Ring, twisted pair, or Ethernet connections were available. A local control...
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  • protocol can be used with all of the IEEE 802 MAC layers, such as Ethernet, Token Ring, IEEE 802.11, etc., as well as with some non-802 MAC layers such as FDDI...
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  • called 100VG-AnyLAN because it was defined to carry both Ethernet and Token Ring frame types. 100BaseVG was originally proposed by Hewlett-Packard, ratified...
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    (⏾)—defined as "Power Sleep Symbol". Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is an Ethernet or Token Ring computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or...
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  • EAPOL. EAPOL was originally specified for IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, IEEE 802.5 Token Ring, and FDDI (ANSI X3T9.5/X3T12 and ISO 9314) in 802.1X-2001, but was extended...
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  • RMON1) focused on OSI layer 1 and layer 2 information in Ethernet and Token Ring networks. It has been extended by RMON2 which adds support for Network-...
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    (December 2003). "Sponsors, Communities, and Standards: Ethernet vs. Token Ring in the Local Area Networking Business" (PDF). Industry & Innovation. 10...
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