Glossary of Data Communications TermsCourtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc. |
Term:
packet assembler/disassembler (PAD)
Definition: Device or program used to create packets of data for transmission over a CCITT X.25 packet data network and to remove data from the received packets. The most common is a CCITT X.29 PAD, used for packetizing and depacketizing asynchronous ASCII data. |