value-added network

value-added network definition - telecom
A network that offers a value-added service, i.e., services that alter the form, content, or nature of the information, thereby adding value to it. Packet-switched networks, and specifically X.25, were the first VANs. Specifically, X.25 added value through error correction. See also packet switch, value-added service, and X.25.

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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