message switching

  • 1Message 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… …

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  • 2message switching —    A routing method that uses store and forward techniques. Each message contains a destination address and is passed from source to destination through a series of intermediate nodes.    At each intermediate node, the message is stored briefly,… …

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  • 3message switching — pranešimų perjungimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. message switching vok. Nachrichtenvermittlung, f rus. коммутация сообщений, f pranc. commutation de messages, f …

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  • 4message switching —    The technique of receiving a message, storing it until the proper outgoing line is available, then retransmitting it, with no direct connection between incoming and outgoing lines. Also called line switching and store and forward …

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  • 5Message Switching —   A technique of data communications for the temporary storing of data at points in between the origin and destination points of the transmission. See also Packet switching …

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  • 6message switching — (Computers) method of communication in which a message is sent between different channels along the path to its destination (in accordance with the network load) …

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  • 7message switching — Telecommunications. the process by which data transmissions are stored until a proper circuit is available so that they can be forwarded. * * * …

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  • 8message switching — Telecommunications. the process by which data transmissions are stored until a proper circuit is available so that they can be forwarded …

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  • 9automatic message-switching center —    According to its destination, this is the location through which messages are automatically routed …

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  • 10Message-waiting indicator — A message waiting indicator (MWI) in telephony, is a Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) term for an FSK based telephone calling feature that illuminates an LED on select telephones to notify a telephone user of waiting voicemail messages… …

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