text field

text field definition - telecom
Also known as the data field and the payload.The user data field contained within a block, cell, frame, or packet. The text may be preceded by start-of-text (STX) and succeeded by end-of-text (ETX) control characters so the receiving device can determine the location of the message data. See also block, cell, data format (illustration), frame, header, packet, and trailer.

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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