The unit of data sent across a network. "Packet" is a generic term used to describe a unit of data at any layer of the OSI protocol stack, but it is most correctly used to describe application layer data units ("application protocol data unit", APDU).
Last updated: 1994-11-30
Nearby terms:
Packed Encoding Rules ♦ packet ♦ Packet Assembler/Disassembler ♦ packet driver
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