Data link

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In telecommunication a data link is the means of connecting one location to another for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data. It can also be an assembly, consisting of parts of two data terminal equipments (DTEs) and the interconnecting data circuit, that is controlled by a link protocol enabling data to be transferred from a data source to a data sink.

Sources

• Federal Standard 1037C
• MIL-STD-188
• Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms