virtual connection
virtual connection
(networking)Nothing to do with a virtual circuit on a packet switchingnetwork.
[Fred Halsall, "Data Communications, Computer Networks andOpen Systems", 1996, Addison Wesley].
2. A communications link that appears to be a directconnection between sender and receiver, although physicallythe link can be routed through a more circuitous path, runningover virtual circuits instead of a private network builtprimarily with dedicated lines.
A virtual connection can provide full-time connection amongmany sites, including those configured for SNA/SDLCprotocol. A virtual connection can handle any transmissionprotocol and is supported worldwide. It can provide highthroughput and low delay for LAN and Internetapplications, peer-to-peer connectivity, client-servercomputing, and other distributed processing applications.