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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.
In packet switching, instead of being dedicated to one communication session at a time, network links are shared by packets from multiple competing communication sessions, resulting in the loss of the quality of service guarantees that are provided by circuit switching.