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traffic shaping
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traffic shaping
Using 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.


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Because WestJet utilizes a centralized IT architecture, this configuration enabled Lee to implement packet shaping on all of the company's many applications.
Content filtering and packet shaping solutions are not long term viable solutions to eliminate illegal file sharing and identity theft associated with contaminated P2P networks.
Such wave packet shaping may eventually prove useful in controlling chemical reactions and in quantum computing (SN: 1/14/95, p.
 
 
 
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