packet-switching

  • 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 — 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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  • 3packet switching — UK US noun [U] IT ► the process of sending large amounts of information from one computer to another by sending the data in separate small packets that are collected together again when they arrive: »With packet switching , the voice data is… …

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  • 4Packet Switching —   [engl.], Paketvermittlung …

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  • 5packet-switching — packet .switching n a method of sending information stored on a computer, usually across the Internet. Long messages are broken into pieces and put together again when they are received …

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  • 6packet 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… …

    Dictionary of networking

  • 7packet 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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  • 8Packet switching — Die Paketvermittlung (engl. packet switching) ist ein spezielles Verfahren der Speichervermittlung in einem Netz. Hierbei werden längere Nachrichten in einzelne Datenpakete unterteilt und als Datagramm über eine vorher aufgebaute virtuelle… …

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  • 9packet switching — also packet switching N UNCOUNT Packet switching is a method of sending computer data on telephone lines which automatically divides the data into short pieces in order to send it and puts it together again when it is received. [TECHNICAL] …

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  • 10packet switching — paketinis duomenų siuntimas statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Duomenų siuntimo būdas, kai išsiuntimo vietoje duomenys (duomenų failas) skaidomi į ↑duomenų paketus ir persiunčiami tinklu. Tų pačių duomenų paketai paskirties vietą gali… …

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