When a terminal or computer wants to send a message ... Token passing uses bus and ring topologies. See token bus network and token ring network. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Although via hubs, this cabling topology was eventually adopted for Ethernet, too, the networking world ... technology that Apple Computer put into all Macintoshes in the 1980's. FDDI was often called ...

Also called a "network interface card" (NIC), a network adapter is a plug-in card that enables a computer to transmit ... although in the past, Token Ring, LocalTalk and FDDI networks were used.