datagram

A fully addressed and self-contained packet that can be switched through a packet-switched

network and delivered to the intended target station independent of any other packets.That is, a datagram contains enough information to enable the network routers to deliver it to the correct destination.A datagram is a standalone, totally independent packet that is not considered by the routing protocol to be part of a datastream. See also datagram service, packet, packet switch, and protocol.

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• Table I-2: Index of Refraction (IOR)
• Table I-3: IPv4 Address Classes
• Table I-4: Selected ITU-T I-Series Recommendations
• Table I-4: Selected ITU-T I-Series Recommendations (continued)
• Table I-5: ITU-T Series Recommendations
• Table J-1: Japanese Digital Hierarchy: J-carrier
• Table L-1: Longitudinal Redundancy Check (LRC)
• Table M-1: International Morse Code
• Table O-1: OSI Reference Model Layers
• Table O-2: G.709 Line Rates and Corresponding SDH/SONET Line Rates
• Table P-1: Evolution of PBX technology
• Table P-2: Military and Aviation Phonetic Alphabet
• Table Q-1: Selected ITU-T Q-Series Recommendations
• Table R-1: Before and After: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and Regional Bell Operating
• Table R-1: Before and After: Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) and Regional Bell Operating
• Table R-2: Coaxial Cable Types
• Table S-1: SDTV Scanning Formats
• Table S-2: SONET/SDH Signal Hierarchy
• Table T-1: North American Digital Hierarchy: T-carrier
• Table T-2: TCP/IP Protocol Suite
• Table V-1: Electromagnetic Signal Propagation Velocity (Approximate)
• Table V-2: Vertical Redundancy Check (VRC)
• Table V-3: Selected ITU-T V-Series Recommendations
• Table W-1: ITU-T Transmission Windows
• Table X-1: DSL Technology Comparisons