packet
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)
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