Internet - the term 'Internet' means the international computer network of interoperable packet switched data networks.

互联网——“互联网”的术语，指可以协作分组交换数据的国际计算机网络。

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This means that many of the existing connection-oriented or circuit-switched networks will need to be upgraded to support packet-switched data traffic.

这就意味着目前存在的面向连接的和电路交换的网络必须升级，以便能够支持分组交换的数据业务。

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This is usually the result of packet loss when transmitting voice over a packet-switched data network.

这是由于在分组交换数据网络中传输语音时发生了数据包丢失。

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Pearse and others dream of unifying the mess, with a box that blends both optics and electronics, fusing the circuit-switched world of phone calls and packet-switched world of Internet data.

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It is a packet-switched technology, and only consumes network resources when data is being transmitted, so it is widely expected that customers will be charged for the amount of data they exchange, rather than the time they spend logged on to the network.

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