A network switch (also called switching hub, bridging hub, Ethernet switch, and, by the IEEE, MAC bridge) is networking hardware that connects devices...

A multilayer switch (MLS) is a computer networking device that switches on OSI layer 2 like an ordinary network switch and provides extra functions on...

Network switching subsystem (NSS) (or GSM core network) is the component of a GSM system that carries out call out and mobility management functions for...

packet switching is a method of grouping data into short messages in fixed format, i.e. packets, that are transmitted over a digital network. Packets...

Circuit switching is a method of implementing a telecommunications network in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel (circuit)...

The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the aggregate of the world's telephone networks that are operated by national, regional, or local telephony...

similar to the VMware vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco Nexus 1000V. Open vSwitch can operate both as a software-based network switch running within a virtual...

A stackable switch is a network switch that is fully functional operating standalone but which can also be set up to operate together with one or more...

exchange, telephone switch, or central office is a central component of a telecommunications system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or in large...

A modular switch or chassis switch is a type of network switch which can be configured using field-replaceable units. These units, often referred to as...

The Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) is a dedicated telephone network which provides global secure communication services for the command and control...

across a distributed network, but did not include routers with software switches, nor the idea that users, rather than the network itself, would provide...

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pairs of nodes. Examples: In a network where routing is controlled by a telephone switch or network switch, switching in which the routes between given...

California. The company designs and sells multilayer network switches to deliver software-defined networking (SDN) for large datacenter, cloud computing, high-performance...

Centrifugal switch Company switch Crossbar switch Dead man's switch Fireman's switch Hall-effect switch Inertial switch Isolator switch Key switch Kill switch Latching...

A network bridge is a computer networking device that creates a single, aggregate network from multiple communication networks or network segments. This...

The Nintendo Switch is a video game console developed by Nintendo and released worldwide in most regions on March 3, 2017. Released in the middle of the...

the Nintendo Switch 2 video game console. The Nintendo Switch 2 is also backward compatible with most of the original Nintendo Switch's software. For...

Context switch, performed by an operating system in response to an interrupt Packet switch, a component in a packet-switched data network Network switch, a...

In the computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with the Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a...

The Defense Switched Network (DSN) is a primary information transfer network for the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) of the United States Department...

Switched fabric or switching fabric is a network topology in which network nodes interconnect via one or more network switches (particularly crossbar switches)...

A fully switched network is a computer network which uses only network switches rather than Ethernet hubs on Ethernet networks. The switches provide a...

protocols. Some networks are able to dynamically change their logical topology through configuration changes to their routers and switches. The transmission...

can be found in the core or border of a network. Multilayer switch: a switch that, in addition to switching on OSI layer 2, provides functionality at...

In a packet switched network, burst switching is a capability in which each network switch extracts routing instructions from an incoming packet header...

Crossover switch Crossbar switch Clos network a non blocking crossover switch that needs fewer than N² switches Nonblocking minimal spanning switch and signal...

the public switched telephone network (PSTN), the global Telex network, the aeronautical ACARS network, and the wireless radio networks of cell phone...

crossover switch or matrix switch is a switch connecting multiple inputs to multiple outputs using complex array matrices designed to switch inputs to...