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Link

Link, sometimes referred to as a line or a transmission link, is a network communication channel consisting of a circuit or transmission path and all related equipment between a sender and a receiver. Most often it refers to a WAN connection. In the context of a transmission network, a link is a point-to-point connection between adjacent nodes. There can be more than one link between adjacent nodes.

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