"hot-potato routing" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From hot potato, a game in which an object is passed on as soon as it is received, + 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
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