to swing or cause to swing, esp back and forth 17. (transitive) to lash or whip with or as if with a switch switch networking Establishing the correct path through a network for a single packet of data (packet switching) or a persistent end-to-end connection (circuit switching). (2007...
Short for packet-switched data network, a data communications network that is based on the principles of packet switching, as opposed to circuit switching that is used in public telephone networks. Packet-switched networks do not establish physical communication channels between communicating devices like...