Meanings
plural datagrams · alternative datagramme
- computingA packet of data passed across a network.
The pseudo header conceptually prefixed to the UDP header contains the source address, the destination address, the protocol, and the UDP length. This information gives protection against misrouted datagrams.
1980 August 28, Jon Postel, “User Datagram Protocol”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 768
present singular third person datagrams · participle present datagramming · participle past datagrammed · past datagrammed · alternative datagramme
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
- Proto-Italic*didō
- Latindō
- Latindatus
- Latindatum
- Englishdata
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγράμμα (grámma)
- Englishdatagram
Translations
Finnish datagrammi, tietosähke
- datagramminetworking
- tietosähkenetworking
Greek δεδομενόγραμμα
- δεδομενόγραμμα (dedomenógramma)networking
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
datagram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datagram
“datagram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datagram. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “datagram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datagram.
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