SLAVE STATION

★ Historically a 'slave station' was the collection and transfer location utilized in the slave trade for handling human slaves. One famous slave station, on Goree Island, is now a museum in Senegal.

★ In telecommunications, the term 'slave station', or 'subordinate station', has the following meanings:
#In a data network, a station that is selected and controlled by a master station. Usually a slave station can only call, or be called by, a master station.
#In navigation systems using precise time dissemination, a station having a clock is synchronized by a remote master station.