| virtual connection A communications link that appears to be a direct connection between sender and receiver, although physically the link can be routed through a more circuitous path, running over instead of a private network built primarily with . A virtual connection can provide full-time connection among many sites, including those configured for / . A virtual connection can handle any transmission protocol and is supported worldwide. It can provide high throughput and low delay for and applications, peer-to-peer connectivity, client-server computing, and other distributed processing applications. [Same as ?] (2000-01-25) |