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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>broken-ring network</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="broken-arrow.html" title="broken arrow"/><link rel="next" href="BrokenWindows.html" title="BrokenWindows"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">broken-ring network</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="broken-arrow.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BrokenWindows.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="broken-ring-network"/><dt xmlns="" id="broken-ring-network"><b>broken-ring network</b></dt></dt><dd><p> Pejorative hackerism for “<span class="quote">token-ring network</span>”, an early
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and very slow LAN technology from IBM that lost the standards war to
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Ethernet. Though token-ring survives in a few niche markets (such as
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factory automation) that put a high premium on resistance to electrical
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noise, the term is now (2000) primarily historical.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="broken-arrow.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BrokenWindows.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">broken arrow </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BrokenWindows</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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