Slave station

Slave station

*Historically a slave station was the collection and transfer location utilized in the slave trade for handling human slaves. One famous slave station, on Goree Island, is now a museum in Senegal.

*In telecommunications, the term slave station, or subordinate station, has the following meanings:

#In a data network, a station that is selected and controlled by a master station. Usually a slave station can only call, or be called by, a master station.
#In navigation systems using precise time dissemination, a station having a clock is synchronized by a remote master station.


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