Computing Dictionary
bus network definition
networking A
network topology in which all
nodes are connected to a single wire or set of wires (the bus). Bus networks typically use
CSMA/CD techniques to determine which node should transmit data at any given time.
Some
networks are implemented as a
bus, e.g.
Ethernet - a one-bit bus operating at 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000
megabits per second. Originally Ethernet was a
physical layer bus consisting of a wire (with
terminators at each end) to which each node was attached.
Switched Ethernet, while no longer physically a bus still acts as one at the logical layers.
