# Packet-switching node

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A '''packet-switching node''' is a [node](/source/node_(networking)) in a [packet-switching](/source/packet_switching) network that contains [data](/source/data) switches and equipment for controlling, formatting, transmitting, [routing](/source/routing), and receiving data packets. 

''Note:''  In the [Defense Data Network](/source/Defense_Data_Network) (DDN), a packet-switching node is usually configured to support up to thirty-two X.25 56 kbit/s [host](/source/Server_(computing)) connections, as many as six 56 kbit/s interswitch trunk (IST) lines to other packet-switching nodes, and at least one [Terminal Access Controller](/source/Terminal_Access_Controller) (TAC).

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