leased line definition

leased line

Telephone line (or communications circuit) that provides a fulltime dedicated connection to a network (such as a wide area network or internet). It acts like a fixed pipeline that carries data from one fixed point to another and makes services like frame-relay possible. Also called leased channel, leased circuit, or private line.

leased line is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks subject.

leased line appears in the definitions of the following terms: dedicated line, leased circuit, leased channel, private line and access provider

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