Packet-switching node: Difference between revisions

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'''packetPacket-switching node''': In a [[packet-switching network]], a [[node]] that contains [[data]] switches and equipment for controlling, formatting, transmitting, [[routing]], and receiving data packets.

<i>Note:</i> In the [[Defense Data Network]] (DDN), a packet-switching node is usually configured to support up to thirty-two X.25 56-kb/s [[host]] connections, as many as six 56-kb/s [[interswitch trunk]] (IST) lines to other packet-switching nodes, and at least one [[Terminal Access Controller]] (TAC).</b>

Source: from [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]]