virtual circuit

collocation in English

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virtual
adjective
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/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/
almost a particular thing ...
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circuit
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kɪt/us
/ˈsɝː.kɪt/
a regular pattern of visits or the ...
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(Definition ofvirtualandcircuitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the 200-300 range, these phrases are customer need (maximum count 35) andvirtualcircuit(maximum count 74).
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The document with 35 instances of customer need is 203-'the' long, and the document with 74 instances ofvirtualcircuitis 251-'the' long.
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Above, to determine that customer need andvirtualcircuitwere likely used continuously in the documents containing them, the lengths of the documents have been taken into account.
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Datakit is a connection-oriented switch; hence all packets for a particular call travel through the network over the samevirtualcircuit.
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Logical channel identifiers remain assigned to avirtualcircuitfor the duration of the connection.
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The academic debates between datagram andvirtualcircuitnetworks continued for some time, but were eventually cut short by bureaucratic decisions.
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Connection-oriented service establishes a dedicatedvirtualcircuitand offers various grades of guaranteed delivery, ensuring that data received is identical to data transmitted.
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Connection-oriented communication may be a circuit switched connection, or a packet-modevirtualcircuitconnection.
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In circuit switching, andvirtualcircuitswitching, a route and bandwidth is reserved from source to destination.
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Withvirtualcircuitmultiplexing, the communicating hosts agree on the high-level protocol for a given circuit.
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Because most carriers charge for eachvirtualcircuit, customers try to avoid using multiple circuits because it adds unnecessary cost.
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X.25 is a notable use of packet switching in that, despite being based on packet switching methods, it provided virtual circuits to the user.
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Virtual circuits are especially useful in building robust failover mechanisms and allocating bandwidth for delay-sensitive applications.
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On the other hand, permanent virtual circuits are preconfigured into the network.
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Once the channel groups have been established, the individual channels are bonded into a pair of virtual circuits, one in each direction.
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Permanent virtual circuits are supported through the switch.
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Multiple virtual circuits can be active on the same physical end-points (performed by using subinterfaces).
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These virtual circuits carry variable-length packets.
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Frame relay provides an industry-standard encapsulation, utilizing the strengths of high-speed, packet-switched technology able to service multiple virtual circuits and protocols between connected devices, such as two routers.
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