connection-oriented


connection-oriented

(networking)(Or connection-based, stream-oriented). A typeof transport layer data communication service that allows ahost to send data in a continuous stream to another host.The transport service will guarantee that all data will bedelivered to the other end in the same order as sent andwithout duplication. Communication proceeds through threewell-defined phases: connection establishment, data transfer,connection release. The most common example is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

Opposite of connectionless, datagram. See also circuit switching, packet switching, virtual circuit.