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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
frame
Definition:
in data transmission, the sequence of contiguous bits
bracketed by and including beginning and ending flag
sequences. A typical frame might consist of a specified
number of bits between flags and contain an address field,
a control field, and a frame check sequence. A frame may
or may not include an information field. A transmission
unit that carries a protocol data unit (PDU).
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