telecommunications and computer networking, a network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. A packet consists of control information...

A packet analyzer (also packet sniffer or network analyzer) is a computer program or computer hardware such as a packet capture appliance that can analyze...

packet switching is a method of grouping data into short messages in fixed format, i.e. packets, that are transmitted over a digital network. Packets...

firewalls for network security were routers used in the 1980s. Because they already segregated networks, routers could filter packets crossing them....

A network scheduler, also called packet scheduler, queueing discipline (qdisc) or queueing algorithm, is an arbiter on a node in a packet switching communication...

networks use protocols based on packet-mode transmission. A network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. Packets consist...

can be used for an entire private network. As network address translation modifies the IP address information in packets, NAT implementations may vary in...

AMD's Magic Packet Technology and brought forth their following proposal for it in November 1995 in an AMD whitepaper. It enabled a remote network device to...

Packet Tracer is a cross-platform visual simulation tool designed by Cisco Systems that allows users to create network topologies and imitate modern computer...

unit in computer networking and telecommunications. In packet switched systems, a frame is a simple container for a single network packet. In other telecommunications...

standards-based internetworking methods in the Internet and other packet-switched networks. IPv4 was the first version deployed for production on SATNET in...

Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a type of data processing that inspects in detail the data (packets) being sent over a computer network, and may take actions...

seven-layer OSI model of computer networking, the network layer is layer 3. The network layer is responsible for packet forwarding including routing through...

In digital communications networks, packet processing refers to the wide variety of algorithms that are applied to a packet of data or information as...

computer networking, packet delay variation (PDV) is the difference in end-to-end one-way delay between selected packets in a flow with any lost packets being...

Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF; also BSD Packet Filter, classic BPF or cBPF) is a network tap and packet filter which permits computer network packets to be...

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The GPRS core network is the central part of the general packet radio service (GPRS) which allows 2G, 3G and WCDMA mobile networks to transmit Internet...

increase or even a decrease in network throughput. Network protocols that use aggressive retransmissions to compensate for packet loss due to congestion can...

version operated from 1973 until 1986. The NPL network was the first computer network to implement packet switching and the first to use high-speed links...

the public switched telephone network (PSTN), and computer networks, such as the Internet. In packet switching networks, routing is the higher-level decision...

Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data travelling across a computer network fail to reach their destination. Packet loss is either caused...

executing the applications that are the ultimate destinations for network packets that generated the interrupts. This technique improves locality of...

a Christmas tree packet (also known as a kamikaze packet, nastygram, or lamp test segment) is a network message segment or packet with every option enabled...

Systems Architecture. It provided general purpose network communications, internetwork routing and packet delivery, and higher level functions such as a...

A packet capture appliance is a standalone device that performs packet capture. Packet capture appliances may be deployed anywhere on a network, however...

Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development...

First, applications name data and data names will directly be used in network packet forwarding; consumer applications would request desired data by its...

A router is a computer and networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks, including internetworks such as the global Internet...

a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device. A network switch is a multiport network bridge that...