Ring networks (Computer networks)

found: Work cat.: The Ring-based local networks report, c1986:p. I-8 ("The token-ring approach to local area networking has, however, begun to receive an enormous espousal in the U.S. ever since IBM announced its plan to adopt the token-ring as its standard for all local area networking applications.) p. I-13 ("The predominant LAN [local area network] topologies are the star, the loop (ring), the bus, and the tree ...)

found: Townsend, C. Networking with the IBM token ring, 1987:Chap. 3 (ring is one of the 3 basic topologies of local area networks)

found: Computer dict.(ring network--a network topology in which computers are connected in a circular configuration)

found: McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech.(ring network--a communication network in which the nodes can be considered to be in a circle. Also known as a loop network)