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- packet
- packet switching
- parity bit
- perfect
- perfect record
- permanent preservation
- permanent preservation system
- persistent archive
- persistent format
- persistent object
- persistent object preservation
- persistent storage
- person
- pertinent
- physical form
- physical person
- physical structure
- plaintext
- planned disposition
- platform
- platform-independent
- platform-neutral
- policy
- potential record
- preamble
- precise
- presented digital record
- preservation
- preservation emulation
- preservation strategy
- preservation system
- preserved record
- preserver
- presumption of authenticity
- primary storage
- primitiveness
- priority of transmission
- private key
- probative
- probative record
- procedural context
- procedure
- process
- program record
- property sheets
- proprietary
- prospective record
- protocol
- protocol register
- provenance
- provenancial context
- pseudo-original
- public accountability
- public key
- public key cryptosystem
- public key encryption
- public key infrastructure
- publication
Term | packet switching
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- n., Refers to protocols in which messages are divided into packets before they are sent. Each packet is then transmitted individually and can even follow different routes to its destination. Once all the packets forming a message arrive at the destination, they are recompiled into the original message.
