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Trunk definition - hacker
In telecommunications, a high-bandwidth telephone channels connecting switching centers capable of simultaneously handling a high number of voice and data communications. A circuit from a user’s Personal Computer or terminal to a network is more commonly known as “a line” (such as T1 line or ISDN line). The terms circuit, line, and trunk are frequently interchanged.

See Also: Computer; Network.

Jupitermedia Corporation. What is trunk? [Online, September 14, 1999.] Jupitermedia Corporation Website. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/T/trunk.html.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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