data collection tree
English
Etymology
From
data collection
+
tree
.
Noun
data
collection
tree
(
plural
data collection trees
)
(
computing
)
A
network topology
used to
gather
and
aggregate
data
from a collection of
sensor
nodes
into a single node, which then propagates the aggregated data on.
Alternative form:
(
abbreviation
)
DCT
Synonym:
data gathering tree