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Data link
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<p>A data link is a means of <a href="/facts/Telecommunications_link/wCxVKCKo">connecting one location to another</a> for the purpose of transmitting and receiving digital information (<a href="/facts/Data_communication/1yAhaANd">data communication</a>). It can also refer to a set of electronics assemblies, consisting of a transmitter and a receiver (two pieces of <a href="/facts/Data_terminal_equipment/o7qvJVQq">data terminal equipment</a>) and the interconnecting data <a href="/facts/Telecommunication_circuit/DYF1dSRU">telecommunication circuit</a>. These are governed by a <a href="/facts/Link_protocol/pHRpQ3k7">link protocol</a> enabling digital data to be transferred from a data source to a <a href="/facts/Sink_(computing)/2dQSlLcE">data sink</a>. </p>