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PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

Specialty Definition: PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

DomainDefinition

Computing

Protocol Data Unit (PDU) A packet of data passed across a network. The term implies a specific layer of the OSI seven layer model and a specific protocol. (1994-10-13). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Post & Telecom

A discrete piece of information(such as a packet or frame)in the appropriate format to be segmented and encapsulated in the payload of an ATM cell. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Protocol data unit

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In telecommunications, the term protocol data unit (PDU) has the following meanings:

1. Information that is delivered as a unit among peer entities of a network and that may contain control information, address information, or data.

2. In layered systems, a unit of data that is specified in a protocol of a given layer and that consists of protocol-control information of the given layer and possibly user data of that layer.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Protocol data unit."

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Crosswords: PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

Specialty definitions using "PROTOCOL DATA UNIT": Application Protocol Data UnitPDU. (references)

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Expressions: PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

Expressions using "PROTOCOL DATA UNIT": application Protocol Data Unit retained transport protocol data unit. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

protocol data unit

2
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Modern Translation: PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

Language Translations for "PROTOCOL DATA UNIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

protocol data unit, PDU. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

protocol data unit. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yhteyskäytännön datayksikkö. (various references)

   

French

  

unité de données de protocole, UDP. (various references)

   

German

  

Protokolldateneinheit. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

PDU, μονάδα δεδομένων πρωτοκόλλου. (various references)

   

Italian

  

TPDU trattenuta (retained TPDU, retained transport protocol data unit), messaggio di trasporto trattenuto (retained TPDU, retained transport protocol data unit). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otocolpray ataday itunay

   

Portuguese

  

unidade de dados do protocolo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

PDU, unidad de datos de protocolo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bibehållen TPDU (retained TPDU, retained transport protocol data unit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: PROTOCOL DATA UNIT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-l-n-o-o-o-p-r-t-t-t-u"

-4 letters: autorotation, productional.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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