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A packet is a self-contained bundle of data sent over a packet switching network. Packets are typically less than 1500 bytes in size. Longer files are broken into multiple packets for transmission and reassembled at the other end. A packet includes a header with to and from addresses, relation to other packets (sequencing), and error checking information. On the Internet, datagram is a synonym for packet. See TCP/IP.
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packet - From: CDT Info Subject: CDT Headline: CDT Calls for Privacy Balance in Domain Name DataDate: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 12:52:51 -0400CDT Calls for Privacy Balance in Domain Name DatabaseCDT has written to the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, andIntellectual Property urging it to consider the privacy concernsraised by the "Whois" database of personal contact information fordomain name registrants. At the Subcommittee's hearing Thursday,witnesses called for new measures to force accuracy in the database.CDT has argued for some time that privacy protections can be added toWhois without compromising its valuable uses. September 4, 2003Letter to Reps. Smith and Berman, September 4, 2003:http://www.cdt.org/dns/030904cdt.shtmlhttp://www.cdt.org/mailman/listinfo/cdt-announcements
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