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leg definition - telecom
A segment or portion of an end-to-end path associated with a call. For example, an international voice telephone call via the public switched telephone network (PSTN) has an originating leg supported by a local exchange carrier (LEC) in one nation, a terminating leg supported by a LEC in another nation, and an international leg supported by an interexchange carrier (IXC) that interconnects the two national LECs. See also IXC, LEC, and PSTN.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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