Packet Assembler/Disassembler from FOLDOC

PAD ⇝

(PAD) Hardware or software device for splitting a data stream into discrete packets for transmission over some medium and then reforming the stream(s) at the receiver.

The term is most often used for interfaces to X.25 lines.

Last updated: 1995-01-31

Nearby terms:

packet ♦ Packet Assembler/Disassembler ♦ packet driver ♦ Packet in Plastic Grid Array

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