Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: datagram
Definition: a finite-length packet with sufficient information to be independently routed from source to destination without reliance on previous transmissions; typically does not involve end-to-end session establishment and may or may not entail delivery confirmation acknowledgement.

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