Network Packet
In computer networking, a packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point-to-point telecommunications links, simply transmit data as a series of bytes, characters, or bits alone. When data is formatted into packets, the bitrate of the communication medium can be better shared among users than if the network were circuit switched.
Read more about Network Packet: Packet Framing, Terminology, Example: IP Packets, Example: The NASA Deep Space Network
Famous quotes containing the words network and/or packet:
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—Bernice Weissbourd (20th century)
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With a packet on his back,
And when the ship began to move
The captain said, Quack! Quack!”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. I saw a ship a-sailing (l. 13–16)