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Connection

• 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.
• A method of interaction between dance partners, see connection (dance).
• A method for organizing prayer groups, see connexion.

• 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

• In mathematics
• A topological property of certain mathematical objects, better called connectedness: see connected space, connected graph.
• A fundamental structure in differential geometry allowing the use of parallel transport on manifolds: see connection (mathematics)
• The existence of one or more morphism between two or more objects in category theory. See connected (category theory).

• The Connexxion public transport company of the Netherlands

• In music and musical form, procedures of connection include gradation, amalgamation, and dissolution. Procedures of contrast include stratification, juxtaposition, and interpolation.

• anchor (combination of hooking and gravity)
• adhesion, adhesive
• belt
• buckle
• button
• carabiner
• chain
• clasping
• electrostatic force
• friction (see interference fit)
• glue
• 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
• magnet
• nail
• rope, cable, lace (including shoelace), etc. with e.g. a knot
• screw, nut and bolt
• sewing
• stapling
• Velcro
• welding
• zipper

See also

• link, rapport
• A song by the britpop group Elastica from the 1995 self-titled debut, see Connection (song).

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