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Definition
Logical (instead of physical) connection or path established between a transmitting and a receiving device in packet-switched networks, only for the period they are communicating.
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virtual circuit is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks subject.
virtual circuit appears in these other terms: switched virtual circuit (SVC), permanent virtual circuit (PVC)
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