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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n. A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ether and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas tree packet. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CHERNOBYL PACKET |
| Specialty definitions using "CHERNOBYL PACKET": Christmas tree packet ♦ kamikaze packet ♦ network meltdown. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-e-e-h-k-l-n-o-p-r-t-y" | |
-4 letters: hypocentral, lycanthrope. | |
-5 letters: blackthorn, coherently, concretely, hyperbolae, hypocenter, pocketable, polychaete. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 48 45 52 4E 4F 42 59 4C 50 41 43 4B 45 54 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001000 01000101 01010010 01001110 01001111 01000010 01011001 01001100 00100000 01010000 01000001 01000011 01001011 01000101 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C H E R N O B Y L   P A C K E T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0048 0045 0052 004E 004F 0042 0059 004C 0050 0041 0043 004B 0045 0054 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3742395248493659462503537453954 |
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