1. A dedicated device designed for the purpose of monitoring network traffic in order to recognize and decode certain packets of interest.
2. A software package that enables a general-purpose computer to recognize and decode certain packets of interest. [After 2382-pt.35]
Note: The packet sniffer is normally used by system administrators for network management and diagnostics, but is occasionally used… (Read More →)

A collection of logical links multiplexed together onto one physical channel between two endpoints of the wideband packet network. [T1.509-1995]

The process of routing and transferring data by means of addressed packets so that a channel is occupied during the transmission of the packet only, and upon completion of the transmission the channel is made available for the transfer of other traffic.

A method of information transfer, by means of packet transmission and packet switching, that permits dynamic sharing of network resources among many connections.

Data terminal equipment (DTE) that can control, format, transmit, and receive packets.

A service that (a) provides for the transmission of data in the form of packets, (b) switches data at the packet level, and (c) may provide for the assembly and disassembly of data packets.

A switched network that transmits data in the form of packets.

In a packet-switching network, a node that contains data switches and equipment for controlling, formatting, transmitting, routing, and receiving data packets.
Note: In the Defense Data Network (DDN), a packet-switching node is usually configured to support up to thirty-two X.25 56-kb/s host connections, as many as six 56-kb/s interswitch trunk (IST) lines to other packet-switching nodes, and at least one… (Read More →)

Defines the duration of the sampled speech of the access channel that has been collected, coded, and packetized. The packetization interval for voice is 16 ms. [T1.312-1991]

A network, of fixed resistors, that attenuates signals by a fixed amount with negligible distortion.
Note: The resistive network is called an attenuator if the resistance is adjustable.