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What was a Token Ring network?

🔸Token Ring was a networking technology developed by IBM in the 1980s that competed with Ethernet, ultimately losing due to its higher cost and limited scalability. Token Ring's robustness and lack of collisions made it appealing, but its inability to keep up with Ethernet's speed advancements led to its decline.

2026-10-16 14:22

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