hot-potato routing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style of routing network traffic in which packets are forwarded to any available neighbour immediately as opposed to being buffered until the optimum path to the destination is usable.

Word forms

hot-potato routing

Etymology

From hot potato, a game in which an object is passed on as soon as it is received, + routing.

Synonyms

deflection routing
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