Editing Telecommunication circuit (section)

{{Short description|Line, conductor, or other conduit by which information is transmitted}}
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A '''telecommunication circuit''' is a path in a [[telecommunications network]] used to [[Transmission (telecommunications)|transmit information]]. Circuits have evolved from generally being built on physical connections between individual hardware cables, as in an analog phone switch, to [[Virtual circuit|virtual circuits]] established over [[packet switching]] networks.