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Packet Assembler/Disassembler
(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.
 
(1995-01-31)
 
  
 
  
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