cut-through switch

cut-through switch definition - telecom
A LAN matrix switch that quickly reads the address of a data frame and quickly flows it through the switching matrix, bit by bit, starting to flow the front of the frame forward before the last of the frame arrives. See also fragment-free switch, LAN switch, matrix switch, and switch.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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