data link connection identifier

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Data Link Connection Identifier

   <networking> (DLCI) A channel number which is attached to
   {data frames} to tell a {Frame Relay} network how to route the
   data.  In Frame Relay, multiple logical channels are
   {multiplexed} over a single physical channel.  The DLCI says
   which of these logical channels a particular data frame
   belongs to.

   (http://etinc.com/frmain.htm#whatsadlci).

   (2000-02-13)