frame
Definition
Data transmission term for variable-size packet of data bits in a particular format and with codes (called flags) that mark the beginning and end of the packet. A frame generally contains its own control instructions, and information for addressing and error detection. Depending on the protocol of the network, it may be also be called a block or cell.
frame is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Information Science & Technology subjects.
frame appears in the definitions of the following terms:
National Television Standards Committee (NTSC),
grout,
phase alternate line (PAL),
Logical Framework (LogFrame) analysis,
packet,
grounding,
mind mapping,
pageview,
asynchronous transmission,
video-conferencing
and
This content can be found on the following page:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/frame.html
email to a friend print this definition cite this definition