INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
COMPUTER NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET
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Parcels
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Packages
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Packets
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Detailed explanation-1: -datagrams. “Datagram” is a segment of data sent over a packet-switched network. A datagram contains enough information to be routed from its source to its destination. By this definition, an IP packet is one example of a datagram.
Detailed explanation-2: -A network packet or IP packet can be referred to as a unit of data (of about 1 KBS to 1.5 KBS) flowing from an origin to a destination address (from a sender to a receiver) within the internet or packet-switched network.
Detailed explanation-3: -Information on the Internet is not sent all at once, but is instead broken into smaller chunks of data called packets. Each packet is sent through the Internet individually and may actually take different paths or arrive at different times than others.
Detailed explanation-4: -Devices on a TCP/IP network divide data into small pieces, allowing the network to accommodate various bandwidths, to allow for multiple routes to a destination, and to retransmit the pieces of data which are interrupted or lost. Each piece is a packet, a term interchangeable with datagram.