message packet switching communications
1Packet switching — is a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data – regardless of content, type, or structure – into suitably sized blocks, called packets. Packet switching features delivery of variable bit rate data streams… …
2packet switching — A data transmission method that simultaneously routes and transmits data packets from many customers over a communications channel or telephone line, thus optimizing use of the line. An addressed packet is routed from node to node until it… …
3packet switching — noun : the division of data (as in a message) into packets for transmission in an electronic communications network • packet switched ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective * * * ˈpacket switching 7 [packet switching] noun …
4packet-switching — /ˈpækət swɪtʃɪŋ/ (say pakuht swiching) noun Computers a method of data transmission which maximises use of a communications channel by breaking up a message into relatively small parts, sending them whenever space is available, and then re… …
5Packet switching — A technique where data is divided into pieces of data called packets and are then transmitted independently over a computer communications network. At the destination the individual packets are then reassembled into the original message …
6Packet switched network — A Packet Switched Network, or PSN, refers to the packet switched networks that existed before the Internet. The history of such networks can be divided into three eras:early networks before the introduction of X.25 and OSI,the X.25 era when many… …
7Packet switch — A packet switch is a node used to build a network which utilizes the packet switching paradigm for data communication. Packet switches can operate at a number of different levels in a protocol suite; although the exact technical details differ,… …
8Packet (information technology) — In information technology, a packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point to point telecommunications links, simply transmit… …
9Message switching — In telecommunications, message switching was the precursor of packet switching, where messages were routed in their entirety, one hop at a time. It was first introduced by Leonard Kleinrock in 1961. Message switching systems are nowadays mostly… …
10packet — Any block of data sent over a network or communications link. Each packet may contain sender, receiver, and error control information, in addition to the actual message, which may be data, connection management controls, or a request for a… …
