A data packet in an Internet Protocol network which carries its own routing information for passage through the network and which does not generate an acknowledgement when received.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the AFIPS Conference. From data + -gram.
Definition of datagram in US English:
datagram
noun
Computing Telecommunications
A data packet in an Internet Protocol network which carries its own routing information for passage through the network and which does not generate an acknowledgement when received.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Proceedings of the AFIPS Conference. From data + -gram.