"packet switching" meaning in English

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        "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."
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        "(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."
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          "sense": "means of directing information in a network",
          "word": "分組交換"
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          "sense": "means of directing information in a network",
          "word": "pakettikytkentä"
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          "sense": "means of directing information in a network",
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          "word": "comutare de pachete"
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          "sense": "means of directing information in a network",
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          "word": "conmutación de paquetes"
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