ALL meanings of message switching
mes·sage switch
M m - abbreviation Technical meaning of MESSAGE SWITCHING store and forward 3
- noun message switching the process by which data transmissions are stored until a proper circuit is available so that they can be forwarded. 1
- noun Technical meaning of message switching (messaging) (Or "message switching") A kind of message passing system where a complete message is received before any of it is passed on to the next node. This means that each message is using at most one interprocessor link at any time but intermediate nodes will require more storage buffers than under the alternative, wormhole routing. E-mail transmission is an example of store and forward message passing. 1
- noun message switching the maintenance of a telecommunication link between two devices for the duration of a message 0