data channel
PHYSICAL OR LOGICAL CONNECTION USED FOR TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION
Channel (communications); Communications channel; Input-output channel; Channel model; Data channel; Coherent transmission; Transmission channel; Voice channel
<
communications> A
channel (on a
BRI or
PRI line) used to
carry control information, to set up connections on the
associated
bearer channels. The name wasn't too bad back
when users were sending voice (not data) over the {bearer
channels}, but in 1997 it's quite a misnomer.
(1997-03-10)