data link connection identifier

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data link connection identifier - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Data Link Connection Identifier
  
     <networking> (DLCI) A channel number which is attached to
     data frames to tell a Frame Relay network how to route the
     data.  In Frame Relay, multiple logical channels are
     multiplexed over a single physical channel.  The DLCI says
     which of these logical channels a particular data frame
     belongs to.
  
     (http://etinc.com/frmain.htm#whatsadlci).
  
     (2000-02-13)