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Iff V.,n. 1. To Watch IP Packets Traversing A Local Network.
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sniff v.,n.
1. To watch IP packets traversing a local
network. Most often in the phrase `packet sniffer', a program
for doing same. 2.Synonym for poll.
Related:
iff: v.,n. Synonym for {poll}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Godzillagram /god-zil'*-gram/ n. [from Japan's national hero] 1.
A network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine in the universe....
Godzillagram: /god-zil'*-gram/ n. [from Japan's national hero] 1.
A network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine in the universe....
martian n. A packet sent on a TCP/IP network with a source address of the test loopback interface [127.
0.0.1]. This means that it will come back labeled with a source address that is clearly not of this earth....
martian: n. A packet sent on a TCP/IP network with a source address of the test loopback interface [127.
0.0.1]. This means that it will come back labeled with a source address that is clearly not of this earth....
etwork down, IP packets delivered via UPS
uper source quench: n. A special packet designed to shut up an Internet host.
The Internet Protocol (IP) has a control message called Source Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a particular connection to avoid congestion....
ping [from the submariners' term for a sonar pulse] 1.
. Slang term for a small network message (ICMP ECHO) sent by a computer to check for the presence and alertness of another....
uper source quench n. A special packet designed to shut up an Internet host.
The Internet Protocol (IP) has a control message called Source Quench that asks a host to transmit more slowly on a particular connection to avoid congestion....