- packet switching network — wide area network in which the transferred information is divided into segments which are sent separately with the attachment of the destination computer s address …   English contemporary dictionary 
- data 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 …   Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas  
- Packet switched network — A Packet Switched Network, or PSN, refers to the packet switched networks that existed before the Internet. The history of such networks can be divided into three eras:early networks before the introduction of X.25 and OSI,the X.25 era when many… …   Wikipedia 
- Packet 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… …   Wikipedia 
- Packet-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… …   Wikipedia 
- packet 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  
- packet-switched network —    A network that consists of a series of interconnected circuits that route individual packets of data over one of several routes, offering flexibility and high reliability.    A packet switched network may also be called connectionless because… …   Dictionary of networking  
- packet-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… …   Financial and business terms 
- packet 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 …   Useful english dictionary 
- Packet 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… …   Deutsch Wikipedia