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2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
Godzillagram
2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
/godzil'@gram/ , n. [from Japan's national hero] 1. A network packet that in
theory is a broadcast to every machine in the universe. The typical case is
an IP datagram whose destination IP address is [255.255.255.255].
Fortunately, few gateways are foolish enough to attempt to implement this
case! 2. A network packet of maximum size. An IP Godzillagram has 65,535
octets. Compare super source quench , Christmas tree packet , martian.