Your source for the most up-to-date terms, definitions, and acronyms for and about internet service providers.
Search for an ISP term
transmission path
Last modified: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Also referred to as a transmission channel, the path between two nodes of a network that a data communication follows. The term can refer to the physical cabling that connects the nodes on a network, the signal that is communicated over the pathway or a subchannel in a carrier frequency.