"hot-potato routing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From hot potato, a game in which an object is passed on as soon as it is received, + routing. Etymology templates: {{m|en|hot potato}} hot potato, {{m|en|routing}} routing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hot-potato routing (uncountable)
  1. (networks) A style of routing network traffic in which packets are forwarded to any available neighbour immediately as opposed to being buffered until the optimum path to the destination is usable. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: deflection routing
    Sense id: en-hot-potato_routing-en-noun-T~Y6ImkQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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