受じゅ動どう局きょく

noun

passive station

Computing term for a station that receives data but does not initiate transmission; used in network contexts.

• 受じゅ動どう局きょくはデータを受じゅ信しんするだけで、自みずから送そう信しんは行おこなわない。

  A passive station only receives data and does not transmit on its own.