Packet




The unit of data sent across a network.

"Packet" is a generic term used to describe a unit of data at any layer of the OSI protocol stack, but it is most correctly used to describe application layer data units ("application protocol data unit", APDU).

See also datagram, frame.



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PABX
PACE
Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.
packed decimal
Packed Encoding Rules
 AARP probe packets
Active Measurement Project
Address Resolution Protocol
adjacency
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
 Packet Assembler/Disassembler
packet driver
Packet in Plastic Grid Array
Packet InterNet Groper
packet radio