Optronic pathway

An optronic pathway is a technology that transmits information.

In the Kohl simulation, the optronic pathways control the basic aspects of the virtual environment and access databanks programmed when the system was created. At Viorsa's suggestion, B'Elanna Torres dismantled the simulation manually by interrupting the optronic pathways. 

Optronic pathway connections form a part of the consciousness of holographic beings like The Doctor.