Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

token ring

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: to-ken ring
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A network standard invented by IBM and later defined by the 802.5 subcommittee of the IEEE which provides for a network with a star ring topology, and which operates by passing a token frame around the logical ring.

Inflected Forms

token rings (plural)

Questions

What does token ring mean?: A network standard invented by IBM and later defined by the 802.5 subcommittee of the IEEE which provides for a network with a star ring topology, and which operates by passing a token frame around the logical ring.

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