Arrangement of computer components connected in series, one after the other Daisy chaining can save on transmission facilities If a device malfunctions, all of the devices daisy chained behind it are disabled
A technique whereby the interrupt acknowledge signal is passed in and out of each peripheral interface (rather than to them directly) until it finds which peripheral originally generated the interrupt 4 1 2, p74
Connecting several peripheral devices or computers, one to another, via a SCSI interface As the number of external devices used with even a basic desktop computer increases, daisy chaining can eliminate the port- switching problem Also important for laptops and other mobile devices that may have only one physical port See universal serial bus
The connection of multiple devices in a serial fashion Daisy chaining can save on transmission facilities If a device malfunctions all of the devices daisy chained behind it are disabled