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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=telecommunications">telecommunications</a>, <b>packet switching</b> is a method of grouping <a href="page.php?w=Data_%28computing%29">data</a> into short messages in fixed format, i.e., <a href="page.php?w=network_packet">packets</a>, that are transmitted over a <a href="page.php?w=telecommunications_network">telecommunications network</a>. Packets consist of a <a href="page.php?w=header_%28computing%29">header</a> and a <a href="page.php?w=payload_%28computing%29">payload</a>. The header directs the packet to its destination,</p><p>
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