packet
Definition
Data-transmission term for a small bundle of data sent across a network (such as a LAN or Internet). A packet consists of a block of data bits plus control information that helps in its proper routing and reassembly into the original form at the receiving end. No one size for packets has been standardized and, depending on the protocol of the network, it may be also be called a block, cell, or frame.
packet is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks subject.
packet appears in the definitions of the following terms:
TCP/IP stack,
frame relay,
Internet Protocol (IP),
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
synchronous transmission,
frame,
ring topology,
transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP),
packet switched,
asynchronous transmission
and
packet appears in the other terms: packet internet gopher (PING), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
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