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packet switching network [1 record]

Record 1 2013-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A network which operates by dividing each piece of information to be sent into discrete packets.

OBS

These packets are then sent individually across the network and reassembled, in order, at the information's destination.

OBS

packet switching network: term officially approved by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Réseau utilisant la technique de transmission des informations par paquets.

OBS

réseau de commutation par paquets : terme uniformisé par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Red o sistema de telecomunicación, que envía información a través de una red o sistema, en forma de unidades de datos llamadas lotes o paquetes (packets).

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