packet switching

English

Noun

packet switching (uncountable)

1. (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.

Translations

means of directing information in a network

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分組交換／分组交换 (zh) (fēnzǔ jiāohuàn)

• Finnish: pakettikytkentä
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: comutare de pachete f
• Spanish: conmutación de paquetes f

See also

• circuit switching