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traffic shapingUsing methods to keep traffic flowing smoothly in a network. Although the term is often used synonymously with "traffic engineering," traffic shaping deals with managing the network moment to moment, whereas traffic engineering refers to the overall strategies employed in a network. Typically deployed at the edge of the network, traffic shaping may be used to limit bursty traffic in general or to limit undesired traffic such as spam or peer-to-peer downloads. See traffic engineering. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Such wave packet shaping may eventually prove useful in controlling chemical reactions and in quantum computing (SN: 1/14/95, p. Comztek found Packeteer's vision ideal to address our customers' needs in the areas of data acceleration and security, packet shaping and monitoring, and storage and server centralization. Using Shunra VE to visualize the application impact on our corporate network also helped us implement dynamic routing and packet shaping to meet performance expectations. |
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