In telecommunications, fast packet switching is a variant of packet switching that increases the throughput by eliminating overhead associated with flow control and error correction functions, which are either offloaded to upper layer networking protocols or removed altogether. ATM and Frame Relay are two major implementations of fast packet switching.

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  •   This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22.