Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: packet switching
Definition: a discipline for controlling and moving messages in a large data- communications network. Each message is handled as a complete unit containing the addresses of the recipient and the originator.

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