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For articles that discuss specific cases of connection and other usages of the term see Connection (disambiguation).
The term connection (also rendered connexion - this alternative spelling is now generally considered old-fashioned, but it was the house style of The Times of London until at least the late 1970s) has various uses, including:
- An act of connecting two or more physical entities in a physical sense or connecting concepts in memory or imagination, see below
- Telecommunications circuit switching
- That which connects, relates or joins:
- An electrical connection
- A telecommunication circuit such as a fiber-optic connection
- LAN, PAN, MAN, WAN and other types of synchronous or asynchronous connections between computers using OSI or other protocols
- The property of a device enabling it to be connected may be referred to as its connectivity.
- That to which an entity is connected, such as
- A business or political connection.
- A means of transport used for a second or subsequent part of a journey.
- A supplier of illegal drugs.
Methods of connecting/fastening include:
- anchor (combination of hooking and gravity)
- adhesion, adhesive
- electrostatic force
- friction (see interference fit)
- gravity (instead of calling this a way of fastening one can also say: there is no need to fasten, it will stay in place due to its weight)
- hook, e.g. with eye
- rope, cable, lace (including shoelace), etc. with e.g. a knot
- screw, nut and bolt