Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

store and forward
     
         (Or "message switching") A kind of {message
        passing} system where a complete message is received before it
        is passed on to the next node.  This means that each message
        is using at most one interprocessor link at any time but may
        require more storage buffers on intermediate nodes than the
        alternative, {wormhole routing}.
     
        (1995-02-16)