virtual circuit

means of transporting data over a packet-switched network so as to emulate a dedicated physical link between nodes

en-US/ˈvɝt͡ʃuəl ˈsɝkɪt/
en-GB/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəl ˈsɜːkɪt/

Categories:

connection-oriented communicationdata transmissionsession