Packet switching

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packet switching

1. ((computing{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) a software-controlled 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, which may be individually switched between nodes