Computer Science GCSE
Packet forwarding by routers
What Packet forwarding by routers means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Packet forwarding by routers
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Routers read the destination address and forward each packet along the best available path, hop by hop, until it arrives.
Topics that use Packet forwarding by routers
- Networks (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Addressing at different layers
- Bandwidth
- Bus topology
- Central management and access
- Encapsulation and de-encapsulation
- HTTPS
- IMAP
- LAN
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