circuit switching

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circuit switching - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  circuit switching
  circuit switched
  
     <communications> Communication via a single dedicated path
     between the sender and receiver.  The telephone system is an
     example of a circuit switched network.
  
     The term connection-oriented is used in packet-based
     networks in contrast to connectionless communication or
     packet switching.
  
     (2006-09-20)