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). See also datagram, frame. (1994-11-30)

In addition suitable contents:
[ = ] [ ag ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ app ] [ application ] [ application layer ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ at ] [ b ] [ be ] [ ca ] [ cat ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ cr ] [ D ] [ data ] [ datagram ] [ de ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fr ] [ frame ] [ ge ] [ gen ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ hr ] [ id ] [ il ] [ io ] [ is ] [ it ] [ ke ] [ la ] [ layer ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ ls ] [ ly ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ na ] [ ne ] [ net ] [ network ] [ ni ] [ O ] [ OS ] [ OSI ] [ PD ] [ PDU ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ protocol ] [ protocol stack ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ SI ] [ so ] [ st ] [ stack ] [ T ] [ tag ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tw ] [ us ] [ ye ]