line

line definition - computer

(1) A communications channel. See line card and port.

(2) In text-based systems, a row of characters.

(3) In graphics-based systems, a row of pixels.



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The First Lines

This photo, taken at Broadway and Cortlandt Streets in New York in 1883, shows a nation exploding with its first communications. The very same thing is happening today with the Internet, only the infrastructure is not visible. (Image courtesy of AT&T.)






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