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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=telecommunications">telecommunications</a>, <b>message switching</b> involves messages routed in their entirety, one hop at a time. It evolved from <a href="page.php?w=circuit_switching">circuit switching</a> and was the precursor of <a href="page.php?w=packet_switching">packet switching</a>.</p>

<p>An example of message switching is <a href="page.php?w=email">email</a> in which the message is sent through different intermediate servers to reach the mail server for storing. Unlike packet switching, the message is not divided</p><p>
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