communication lines
Message transmission routes
Communication lines are channels through which information travels between people or groups.
The term encompasses physical infrastructure like telephone wires and fiber optic cables, but extends to any established pathway for exchanging messages—email chains, reporting hierarchies, diplomatic channels.
When communication lines break down, information stops flowing: We need to keep communication lines open during the merger.
In military contexts, lines of communication are supply and information routes connecting forces to their base.
- 5G networksLatest wireless communication technology
- cellular towersAntenna structures for mobile networks
- fiber opticsLight-carrying cable technology
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- party lineOfficial political position
encrypted messages · cable · coaxial cables · wire · relay · morse code · telegraph · smoke signals · carrier pigeons · tin can telephone · body language · feedback loops · hotlines · back channels · internet protocols · sign language · radio towers · storytelling
- telegraphytelegraph, Morse code, telegraphy, telegraph key, telegraph line
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- telegraphMorse code, telegraph office, telegraph operators, telegram, telegrams
- Western Fronttrenches, battlefields, Ypres, Somme, Verdun
- WWII Mapsmilitary maps, war maps, battle maps, battlefield maps, invasion routes
- SeabeesSeabees, CBs, base building, naval bases, naval stations
communication linescommunication blackout
Total loss of contact
radio silence · communication breakdown · signal jamming · dead air · disconnection