packet switching

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

conmutación de paquetes

conmutación de paquetes de datos

Sinónimos

packet switch

PS

packet switching exchange