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PABX (Private Automatic Branch Exchange)
Level: 3
Definition: Another name for a private telephone switching system (PBX system). (See also PBX.)
Packet
Level: 2
Definition: Digital telecommunications term for a cluster of binary information. Packetized data is used in various networking transmission techniques where digital information is divided into small segments to increase transmission rates and system efficiency. (See also TCP/IP.)
Packet-Switched Public Data Network (See PSPDN.)
Packet Switching
Level: 3
Definition: An effective, efficient method of transmitting digital data through a computer network where digital information is packetized or broken into small clusters with each packet including the addresses of where it originated ...
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