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| | Definition: connectionless mode transmission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | In a packet-switched network, transmission in which each packet is encoded with a header containing a destination address sufficient to permit the independent delivery of the packet without the aid of additional instructions. |
 | | Note 2: In connectionless mode transmission of a packet, the service provider usually cannot guarantee there will be no loss, error insertion, misdelivery, duplication, or out-of-sequence delivery of the packet. |
 | | The transmission of a unit of data in a single self-contained operation without establishing, maintaining, and releasing a connection. |
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