Daisy chain

garland of daisies; method of connecting a number of devices or signals to a bus; series of connected things

A daisy chain, in the most elementary sense, is a garland created from the daisy flower, generally as a children's game. The words "daisy chain", or "daisy chaining" also have a number of technical and social meanings (some given below), which likely stemmed from this pursuit.
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Noun
1. (figurative) a series of associated things or people or experiences
(hypernym) chain, concatenation
2. flower chain consisting of a string of daisies linked by their stems; worn by students on class day at some schools
(hypernym) flower chain

Verb
1. connect devices on a part of a chip or circuit board in a computer
(hypernym) connect, link, tie, link up

<networking> A bus wiring scheme in which, for example, device A is wired to device B, device B is wired to device C, etc. The last device is normally wired to a resistor or terminator. All devices may receive identical signals or, in contrast to a simple bus, each device in the chain may modify one or more signals before passing them on.
Characteristic of RS-485, of Apple's LocalTalk, and of various industrial control networks; also often used to describe Thinwire Ethernet (10base2).
(1997-01-07)

The manipulation of the market by traders to create the illusion of active volume to attract investors.