"packet switching" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} packet switching (uncountable)
  1. (networking) 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. Wikipedia link: packet switching Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Networking Related terms: circuit switching Translations (means of directing information in a network): 分組交換 (Chinese Mandarin), 分组交换 (fēnzǔ jiāohuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), pakettikytkentä (Finnish), comutare de pachete [feminine] (Romanian), conmutación de paquetes [feminine] (Spanish)
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