CHERNOBYL PACKET
\t͡ʃˈɜːnəbˌɪl pˈakɪt], \tʃˈɜːnəbˌɪl pˈakɪt], \tʃ_ˈɜː_n_ə_b_ˌɪ_l p_ˈa_k_ɪ_t]\
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/cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet thatinduces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, namedin memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl inUkraine.The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagramthat passes through a gateway with both source anddestination Ethernet address and IP address set as therespective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gatedbetween.Compare Christmas tree packet.
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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