packet switching en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A means of directing digitally encoded information in a communication network from its source to its destination, in which messages may be divided into smaller entities called packets, each of which travels independently through the network in paths based on moment-to-moment routing decisions made by the nodes through which they pass.
Coordinates
circuit switching · CSTN · circuit-switched
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Translations (4)
cmn 分組交換 /分组交换 (means of directing information in a network) · fi pakettikytkentä (means of directing information in a network) · ro comutare de pachete (means of directing information in a network) · es conmutación de paquetes (means of directing information in a network)