DATAGRAM

Communications Systems Glossary

Communications Systems — Open Systems Interconnection reference model — Network layer — Datagram

Information on Datagram

In packet switching a datagram is a small packet of data that carries sufficient information to allow it to be routed from the originating data terminal equipment to the destination data terminal equipment without having to establish a connection between the data terminal equipments across the network.

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