Direct connect
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In telecommunications and computer networking, the term direct connect has the following meanings:
- A form of IP protocol that AOL Instant Messenger uses to directly connect to users.
- Direct Connect (file sharing) a file sharing client and protocol
- In computer systems, a permanent communications data link that connects directly to a mainframe computer through a terminal controller, usually at binary synchronous (bi-sync) transmission rates.
- In computer systems, a temporary connection between a microcomputer, i.e., a desktop workstation, and a host bulletin board system or server.
- A walkie-talkie like phone service provided by certain mobile phone companies such as Sprint-Nextel and Cingular Wireless.
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- Partly derived from Federal Standard 1037C