datagram
Sign in to saveA datagram is a basic transfer unit associated with a packet-switched network. Datagrams are typically structured in header and payload sections. Datagrams provide a connectionless communication service across a packet-switched network. The delivery, arrival time, and order of arrival of datagrams need not be guaranteed by the network.
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- Subclass of
- unit of information
- Has use
- transport layer
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- discoverer or inventor
- Louis Pouzin
- inception
- 1970-00-00
- described by source
- NordVPN
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A datagram is a basic transfer unit associated with a packet-switched network. Datagrams are typically structured in header and payload sections. Datagrams provide a connectionless communication service across a packet-switched network. The delivery, arrival time, and order of arrival of datagrams need not be guaranteed by the network.
== History ==
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