block Hear it!

block definition - telecom
A group of bits, often comprising an integral number of bytes, encoded, processed, transmitted, or otherwise treated as a unit. See also bit, byte, and encode.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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