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Packet Switching

Data travels as independently routed packets that share links statistically, instead of reserving a dedicated circuit per conversation. Links stay busy with everyone's traffic interleaved, at the cost of queueing delay and possible loss when demand spikes.

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Circuit Switching versus Packet Switching in Computer Networking

Switching is the process by which data is transferred between devices, and circuit switching versus packet switching are two contrasting mechanisms for accomplishing it. Circuit switching is connecti…