What is daisy chaining?

[VAkena]

Can someone please explain to me what exactly daisy chaining is?

[werto165]

Running a single cable to a monitor for example, then you can have another cable coming from that first monitor to power another monitor ( I think). 

[techguru]

Can someone please explain to me what exactly daisy chaining is?

[drwiggles]

Or it can be when you connect several power strips together. Plugging one into the wall and another into that one, and another into that one ect.

[Glenwing]

Can someone please explain to me what exactly daisy chaining is?

[AMICLG]

Display Port allows you to run up to four monitors off a single link by Daisy Chaining but requires you to have a monitor that can Daisy Chain and supports up to 2x 2560x1600p @ 60Hz or 4x 1920x1080p @ 60Hz displays. Or you can buy a hub if the monitor doesn't support Daisy Chaining. Thunderbolt can do the same thing but also requires a Daisy Chaining capable device.

[ElZamo92]

it is like making a chain of devices. Imagine that you have a monitor, and you plug it to your PC via Displayport or Thunderbolt, then you can plug another monitor to the first monitor instead of your PC, this way you can connect multiple devices to a single port in your PC.

[Ryloguy]

My best guess:

Daisy chaining is when you have a device at one end serving multiple devices acting like a tunnel or powerlines.

 

That was a horrible description so let me give you an example.

 

You have your router at one end and a bunch of computers that have two ethernet ports (Say on an ethernet card) Instead of hooking up all of the computers directly to the router, you connect one computer to the router and just use the second ethernet port to connect the next computer to the computer thats connected to the router. Basically you could repeat this a bunch of times until you have a lot of computers connected to alot of other computers which are all connected to the ole computer that is connected to the router.

 

Think lightbulbs connected in a series circut as opposed to a parralel circut.

[Thomas CG]

Or it can be when you connect several power strips together. Plugging one into the wall and another into that one, and another into that one ect.

 

That would be so unsafe

[Vivilacqua1]

That would be so unsafe

then there's an AMD overclocked rig at the other end*

[hk29]

That would be so unsafe

wonder how many times they tripped the breaker?

[Thomas CG]

wonder how many times they tripped the breaker?

 

They probably forced it in place so it doesn't trip.

[hk29]

They probably forced it in place so it doesn't trip.

lol with toothpicks.  plus they are lugging crts to lan party. also wondering if those outlets are on the same circuit?

[ThomasD]

That would be so unsafe

Well sure, but if you wrap the cord of the primary around a can of soup you can have a nice hot lunch!

 

Actually, as long as you do not exceed the total number of connections allowed by the primary (and assuming the others are of same/similar capacity) it is no less safe since all you have done is convert multiple short cords into a single long one.