...sync.
I like to refer to the state of the cascaded routers being in agreement as ``the routers are in sync.''

...cascade.
Actually, there is no reason the random bus used by a cascade of components be supplied by components in the cascade (see Section ).

...fragmented
Fragmented best describes it, since, in the case of bit errors in the allocation bits, individual bytes in the data word will be routed in different directions.

...data.
The sending ports will also be able to recognize that this problem has occurred. When the data is turned around and the source gets status information, it will get different status information from the bytes in the word. When this happens it is clear that a problem of this nature has occurred.

...scheme.
Though this is only a minor effect, since the current scheme doesn't really use any appreciable area.

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