datagram

A self-contained, independent entity of data carrying sufficient information to be routed from the source to the destination computer without reliance on earlier exchanges between this source and destination computer and the transporting network.

See also connectionless, frame, packet.

Nearby terms:

Data General mN601 ♦ data glove ♦ datagram ♦ data hierarchy ♦ data integrity

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