packet switching data network

  • 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… …

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  • 2Packet-switching node — Packet switching node: In a packet switching network, a node that contains data switches and equipment for controlling, formatting, transmitting, routing, and receiving data packets. Note: In the Defense Data Network (DDN), a packet switching… …

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  • 3packet-switching — ˈpacket ˌswitching noun [uncountable] COMPUTING a way of sending a large amount of data (= information stored on a computer) between computers by dividing it into small pieces which are each sent separately and put together again when they are… …

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  • 4packet 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… …

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  • 5packet 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 …

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  • 6data packet switching network — duomenų paketų perjungimo tinklas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. data packet switching network vok. Paketübermittlungsnetz, n rus. сеть пакетной коммутации данных, f pranc. réseau de commutation de données par paquets, m …

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  • 7packet switching network —    Network in which data is transmitted in packets. Packets can be routed individually over the best available network connection and reassembled to form a complete message at the destination …

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  • 8Public switched data network — PSDN is an acronym for public switched data network, a publicly available network supporting packet switched data, separate from the PSTN.Originally this term referred only to PSS (Packet Switch Stream), an X.25 based packet switched network,… …

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  • 9packet switching —    Process where long messages are broken down into small units called packets that are individually addressed and routed through the network; the channel is occupied only for the duration of the packet and is then available for the transfer of… …

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  • 10Packet 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 …

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