Local Access Local Loop. The connection from a subscriber to the Central Office. The portion of a circuit connecting the LEC's CO with the customer's premise equipment across the local network. The set of switches, circuits, trunks and software that make up a telecommunications facility. A transmission protocol where data is divided into small blocks with destinations so various routes can be efficiently taken, to avoid overloading a single facility.
Paths are temporary and dynamic.
Allows facility sharing by many users. Any computing system for use primarily by one person. A formal set of conventions governing the format and control of inputs and outputs between two communicating entities. Public Network A switched communications network with unrestricted access. Router A system that controls message distribution between multiple optional paths in a network.