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Record 1 1999-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

In local area network, a specified group of bits serving as a symbol of authority passed successively from one data station to another to indicate the station temporarily in control of the transmission medium.

OBS

All information is conveyed by frames. Some frames contain a token and no user data, others contain data and no token.

OBS

token: term standardized by ISO/IEC and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Dans un réseau local, ensemble particulier de bits servant de symbole d'autorité passé successivement d'une station de données à une autre pour indiquer celle qui dispose temporairement de la maîtrise du support de transmission.

OBS

Toutes les informations sont transmises au moyen de trames. Certaines trames sont constituées d'un jeton sans données d'utilisateur, d'autres sont constituées de données d'utilisateur sans jeton.

OBS

jeton : terme normalisé par l'ISO/CEI et la CSA.

Spanish

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