Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: connection network
Definition: A representation within an APPN network of a shared-access transport facility, such as a token-ring. The use of a connection network reduces the system definition required and allows nodes to communicate directly, without the involvement of an intermediate network node.

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