What Does Packet Switching Mean?
Packet switching is a digital network transmission process in which data is broken into suitably-sized pieces or blocks for fast and efficient transfer via different network devices. When a computer attempts to send a file to another computer, the file is broken into packets so that it can be sent across the network in the most efficient way. These packets are then routed by network devices to the destination.
Techopedia Explains Packet Switching
There are two major modes of packet switching:
- The destination address
- The source address
- Total number of pieces
- The sequence number (Seq#) needed to enable reassembly
