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tree-and-branch

tree-and-branch adjective: of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.

Adjective

tree-and-branch (not comparable)

  1. 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
    • 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

Questions about tree-and-branch

What does tree-and-branch mean?
Tree-and-branch means of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.
What part of speech is tree-and-branch?
Tree-and-branch is an adjective.

Words near tree-and-branch in the dictionary

  1. tree well
  2. tree wells
  3. tree wisteria
  4. tree worm
  5. tree worms
  6. tree-and-branch
  7. tree-beard
  8. tree-branch
  9. tree-branches
  10. tree-cricket
  11. tree-crickets

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