connection-oriented

A transmission mode in which a network establishes a logical relationship, and

often a predetermined path, for all frames or packets associated with an originating and destination address pair to travel.The path can be permanent or can exist for a single session.The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is connection-oriented.Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented protocol, where Internet Protocol (IP) is a connectionless datagram service. See also connectionless, frame, IP, packet, protocol, PSTN, session, and TCP.

• input/output (I/O)
• INRIA (National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique)
• insertion gain
• insertion loss
• inside plant (ISP)
• inside vapor deposition (IVD)
• inside wire and cable
• Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP)
• Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP)
• Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP)
• instant messaging (IM)
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• Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
• Insulated Cable Engineers Association (ICEA)
• insulation
• insulator
• insure
• integrated access device (IAD)
• integrated circuit
• integrated messaging
• integrated services digital network (ISDN)
• Integrated Services LAN (ISLAN)
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• intelligent peripheral (IP)