Ok, using what I found in wikipedia, a continuous function f from [0,1] to the circle radius 1 could be
f(t)=\left(\sin\left(2\pi t\right), \cos\left(2\pi t\right)\right) \ t \in [0,1]
so, I know what you mean (intuitevely) that a circle is always connected, and a line is not, but I don't...