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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.
A digital network technology that breaks up a message into smaller chunks (packets) for transmission. Unlike circuit switching in traditional telephone networks, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address.