paketswitching
Paketswitching, commonly referred to as packet switching, is a method of transmitting digital communications by dividing data into smaller units called packets. Each packet contains a portion of the user data together with addressing, sequencing, and error-detection information. Packets from multiple sources may be interleaved and routed independently through a shared network.
In operation, packets are independently forwarded by switches and routers. They may take different paths and
Historically, paketswitching emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a scalable alternative to circuit switching, the
Advantages include efficient bandwidth utilization, resilience to link failures, and the ability to multiplex many communications
Variants include datagram packet switching, which is connectionless, and virtual-circuit switching, which establishes a logical path