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packet switching. n. A method of data transmission in which data is broken into small blocks that are transmitted over different channels and are reassembled into their original order at their destination.
packet (data packet). A small segment of data that's bundled for sending over transmission media. Each packet contains the address of the computer or peripheral device to which it's being sent.