Packet switch — A packet switch is a node used to build a network which utilizes the packet switching paradigm for data communication. Packet switches can operate at a number of different levels in a protocol suite; although the exact technical details differ,… … Wikipedia
Packet (information technology) — In information technology, a packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point to point telecommunications links, simply transmit… … Wikipedia
Packet Switch Stream — In the UK, PSS, was an X.25 based packet switched network, provided by the British Post Office Telecommunications and then British Telecom from 1980, onwards. After a period of pre operational testing with customers (mainly UK Universities and… … Wikipedia
Network processor — A network processor is an integrated circuit which has a feature set specifically targeted at the networking application domain. Network processors are typically software programmable devices and would have generic characteristics similar to… … Wikipedia
System Packet Interface — The System Packet Interface family of Interoperability Agreements from the Optical Internetworking Forum specify chip to chip, channelized, packet interfaces commonly used in synchronous optical networking and ethernet applications. A typical… … Wikipedia
Multi-core processor — Diagram of a generic dual core processor, with CPU local level 1 caches, and a shared, on die level 2 cache … Wikipedia
Content processor — Content processors are sometimes confused with network processors that inspect the packet payload of an IP packet travelling through a computer network. These components allow for the design and deployment of next generation networking systems… … Wikipedia
Network packet — In computer networking, a packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point to point telecommunications links, simply transmit data… … Wikipedia
Generalized Processor Sharing — (GPS)cite journal|first=A. K.|last=Parekh|coauthors=Gallager, R. G.|title=A Generalized Processor Sharing approach to Flow control in Integrated Services Networks: The Single Node Case|journal=Proceedings of IEEE Infocom|year=1992] was developed… … Wikipedia
Knowledge-based processor — Knowledge based processors are used for processing packets in computer networks. Knowledge based processors are essential for the long term success of the IPv6 [http://www.ipv6.org/ network] . The buildout of the IPv6 network is inevitable as it… … Wikipedia
Heterogeneous Element Processor — The Heterogeneous Element Processor (HEP) was introduced by Denelcor in 1982 as the world s first commercial MIMD computer. A HEP system, as the name implies, was pieced together from many heterogeneous components processors, data memory modules … Wikipedia