| Subject | English | Chinese simplified |
| comp., MS | data link | 数据链接 (A connection between any two devices capable of sending and receiving information, such as a computer and a printer or a main computer and a terminal. Sometimes the term is extended to include equipment, such as a modem, that enables transmission and receiving. Such devices follow protocols that govern data transmission) |
| comp., MS | Data Link Control | 数据链路控制 (An error-correction protocol in the Systems Network Architecture (SNA) responsible for transmission of data between two nodes over a physical link. Supported by Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, DLC is designed to provide access to IBM mainframe computers and to Hewlett-Packard printers connected to the network) |
| comp., MS | data-link layer | 数据链路层 (Layer two of the OSI model. A layer that packages raw bits from the physical layer into frames (logical, structured packets for data). This layer is responsible for transferring frames from one computer to another, without errors. After sending a frame, the data-link layer waits for an acknowledgment from the receiving computer) |
| comp., MS | High-level Data Link Control | 高级数据链路控制 (A protocol for information transfer adopted by the ISO. HDLC is a bit-oriented, synchronous protocol that applies to the data-link (message-packaging) layer (layer 2 of the ISO/OSI reference model) for computer-to-microcomputer communications) |
| comp., MS | Microsoft Data Link | Microsoft 数据链接 (A .UDL text file that stores an OLE DB connectstring (similar to an ODBC file data source)) |