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tree-and-branch en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.
    • The headend cable modem handles the medium access control (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network. 1998, D. W. Faulkner, A. L. Harmer, Broadband Access and Network Management: NOC '98:
    • Figure 1.1 Tree-and-branch cable topology. 2004, Walter S. Ciciora, Michael Adams, Modern Cable Television Technology, page 15:
    • The PSTN we have been describing utilizes a star configuration. But this is not the only configuration being applied in today's telecommunications world. The cable television (CATV) companies, for instance, use a tree-and-branch technology. 2004, Stephan S. Jones, The Basics of Telecommunications, page 11: