Bus network topologies are used when a small, cheap and often temporary network is needed that does not rely on very high data-transfer speeds. They may be used in locations such as a laboratory ...

A communications network that connects two or more star networks together with a bus. See network topology. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Ethernet uses a star configuration, although earlier Ethernets used a bus. Token Ring naturally uses the ring architecture. A mesh topology is usually found in a wide area network (WAN ...