<s>
A	O
bus	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
is	O
a	O
network	B-Architecture
topology	I-Architecture
in	O
which	O
nodes	B-Protocol
are	O
directly	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
common	O
half-duplex	O
link	O
called	O
a	O
bus	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
host	B-Device
on	O
a	O
bus	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
is	O
called	O
a	O
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
bus	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
,	O
every	O
station	O
will	O
receive	O
all	O
network	O
traffic	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
traffic	O
generated	O
by	O
each	O
station	O
has	O
equal	O
transmission	O
priority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
bus	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
forms	O
a	O
single	O
network	B-Protocol
segment	I-Protocol
and	O
collision	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
for	O
nodes	B-Protocol
to	O
share	O
the	O
bus	B-General_Concept
,	O
they	O
use	O
a	O
medium	B-Protocol
access	I-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
technology	O
such	O
as	O
carrier-sense	O
multiple	O
access	O
(	O
CSMA	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
bus	B-Architecture
master	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
