daisy chain

A garland to be worn on the head, made (usually as a pastime) by sewing or otherwise linking the stems of the flowers of daisies (Bellis perennis) into a ring.

A thing resembling a daisy chain in having several elements connected together, often in a circle.

A small strip of webbing with multiple loops, which allows a backpacker to secure several objects to the exterior of a backpack.

A group of dealers who buy and sell a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) among themselves in order to artificially increase its price before it is sold to a party outside the group.

A ladder consisting of loops of nylon tape connected together which are used as footholds.

A large nylon loop sewn together at intervals along the midlength, used to decelerate a falling free climber.

A bus wiring scheme in which a series of devices are connected in sequence: A to B, B to C, C to D, etc.

Several electrical or electronic devices linked in series by their data or power connections, or both.

A series of samplers, sequencers, synthesizers, or other MIDI devices used in electronic music connected to one another in a chain through MIDI cables.

A series of complicated personal relationships in which, over time, people have had different partners who have themselves had other partners within the same group of people.

(slang) A group-sex formation involving multiple partners, with the participants lying in a circle, each one performing oral sex on another person.

(figurative) A sequence of events where each one leads to the next.

To connect (several computer devices or peripherals, or other components) in sequence with each other, usually such that the output of one component forms the input of another; also (followed by to), to connect (a computer device, peripheral, or other component) to another component in such a sequence.

Especially of a computer device, peripheral, or other component: to be capable of being connected with other components in sequence.

To artificially increase (the price of a commodity; originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group.

To artificially increase the price of a commodity (originally crude oil, especially in a single shipment) by a group of dealers buying and selling it among themselves before it is sold to a party outside the group.

Of people, animals, etc.: to position in a line and move like a chain.