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CAN (control-area network) is a broadcast serial bus standard for connecting nodes.  Each node is able to send and receive messages, but not simultaneously.: a message is transmitted serially onto the bus, one bit after another.  The devices that are connected by a CAN network are typically sensors, actuators and control devices.