Datagram

noun, verb

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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."

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packetpackets

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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.

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