Martian packet

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From being a packet with a source or destination address that is "not of this Earth".

Noun[edit]

Martian packet (plural Martian packets)

  1. (computing, networking) A network packet whose declared source or destination IP address lies within a reserved address range unavailable for use on the public Internet.

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