Store and forward

Store and forward is a communications technique in which messages are sent to an intermediate station where they are kept and sent at a later time to the final destination or to another intermediate station. Reasons for using this method include: *Origin and destination stations may not be available for communications at the same time *One or more circuits may not have enough capacity for peak traffic and there is a need to give priority to certain messages, without losing the others.

=References=

*[http://support.intel.com/support/express/switches/sb/cs-014410.htm Switches - What Are Forwarding Modes and How Do They Work]

=See also=

*Network switch *Ethernet *Cut-through switching *Fragment free cut-through *Adaptive switching