Datagram

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A packet of data passed across a network.

    "The pseudo header conceptually prefixed to the UDP header contains the source address, the destination address, the protocol, and the UDP length. This information gives protection against misrouted datagrams."

Verb
  1. 1
    (rare) empty-gloss, no-gloss, rare

    "The Modifiable Data Base is a very nice system and is, generally, highly recommended* It is memory dependent and, once formated,^([sic]) (datagrammed) is not changeable."

Example

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"The pseudo header conceptually prefixed to the UDP header contains the source address, the destination address, the protocol, and the UDP length. This information gives protection against misrouted datagrams."

Etymology

From data + -gram.

Related phrases

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