daisy chain

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

daisy chain
    n 1: (figurative) a series of associated things or people or
         experiences
    2: flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by
       their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

daisy chain

   <networking> A {bus} wiring scheme in which, for example,
   device A is wired to device B, device B is wired to device C,
   etc.  The last device is normally wired to a resistor or
   {terminator}.  All devices may receive identical signals or,
   in contrast to a simple bus, each device in the chain may
   modify one or more signals before passing them on.

   Characteristic of {RS-485}, of {Apple}'s {LocalTalk}, and of
   various industrial control networks; also often used to
   describe {Thinwire} {Ethernet} ({10base2}).

   (1997-01-07)