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segment definition - telecom
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) unit of data transfer between host computers. Segments are used to establish connections, transfer actual data, acknowledge packet receipt and request retransmissions, and terminate connections. See also host, packet, and TCP.

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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