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(′dad·ə ′gram)

(computer science) A unit of information in the Internet Protocol (IP) containing both data and address information. In TCP/IP networks, datagrams are referred to as packets.


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The unit of data, or packet, transmitted in a TCP/IP network. Each datagram contains source and destination addresses and data. See TCP/IP and UDP.

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