cut-through switching

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
cut-through switching

   <networking> The application of {wormhole routing} to
   {packets} in a {packet switching} system so that forwarding of
   a packet starts as soon as its destination is known, before
   the whole packet has arrived.

   Compare {store and forward}.

   (2006-12-06)
antiflux / dictionary / cut-through switching
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