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– Method of slicing digital messages into parcels (packets), sending packets along different communication paths as they become available, and then reassembling packets at destination
– Previous circuit-switched networks required assembly of complete point- to-point circuit
– Packet switching more efficient use of network’s communications capacity


Practical:
Technology that breaks messages into small, fixed bundles of data and routes them in the most economical way through any available communications channel.