2010年6月8日星期二

Diary 0607: The difference the Frame, Datagram, Segment, and Packet

The packet is a general name/concept use in packet-based network. The "packet" in different layer has a special name.

The packet in link layer (Ethernet), named as frame.
The packet in IP network layer , named as datagram.
The packet in TCP transport layer, named as segment.

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