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121packet ship — noun see packet boat * * * packet boat or packet ship, a boat or ship that carries mail, passengers, and goods regularly on a fixed route, usually along a river or the coast …
122Packet drop attack — In computer networking, a packet drop attack or blackhole attack is a type of denial of service attack accomplished by dropping packets. The attack can be accomplished either selectively (e.g. by dropping packets for a particular network… …
123Packet switching — Die Paketvermittlung (engl. packet switching) ist ein spezielles Verfahren der Speichervermittlung in einem Netz. Hierbei werden längere Nachrichten in einzelne Datenpakete unterteilt und als Datagramm über eine vorher aufgebaute virtuelle… …
124Packet Data Protocol — Pour les articles homonymes, voir PDP. Le Packet Data Protocol est l élément fondamental du transport des informations dans tous les réseaux d ordinateurs actuels. Un paquet des données est composé de trois éléments : Une tête (header) qui… …
125packet sniffer — n. Software that monitors network traffic to steal passwords, credit card numbers, and other sensitive data. Also, the person who uses such software. Example Citation: Computer systems connected to networks, such as the Internet, are also… …
126packet switching — also packet switching N UNCOUNT Packet switching is a method of sending computer data on telephone lines which automatically divides the data into short pieces in order to send it and puts it together again when it is received. [TECHNICAL] …
127Packet Burst Protocol — Abbreviated PBP. A Novell NetWare protocol built on top of IPX that speeds up the transfer of multipacket NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) data transfers between a workstation and a server by removing the need to sequence and acknowledge every… …
128packet filtering — A process used by bridges to limit protocol specific traffic to one segment of the network, to isolate e mail domains, and to perform other traffic control functions. The network administrator sets the packet filtering specifications for each… …
