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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
packet
Definition:
a block of data for data transmission. Each packet
contains control information, such as routing, address and
error control--as well as data; a group of data and control
characters in a specified format, transferred as a whole; a
group of binary digits, including data and call control
signals, which is switched as a composite whole; the data,
all control signals, and possibly error control information
are arranged in a specific format.
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