A digital network technology that breaks up a message into smaller chunks (packets) for transmission. Unlike circuit switching in traditional telephone networks, which requires the establishment ...

Circuit switching is a major alternative to packet switching. With circuit switching, two clients share a dedicated line for as long as they need to exchange data.

The main alternative to packet-switching is circuit-switching, where two devices on a network establish a dedicated communication line to send a stream of data across as with a phone call.