Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: virtual circuit
Definition: a communication arrangement in which data from a source user may be passed to a destination user over various real circuit configurations during a single period of communication (during a single session). Also called a logical circuit. See also connection-oriented service.

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