Godzillagram

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  Godzillagram /god-zil'*-gram/ n. [from Japan's national hero] 1. A
     network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine in the
     universe. The typical case is an IP datagram whose destination IP
     address is [255.255.255.255]. Fortunately, few gateways are foolish
     enough to attempt to implement this case! 2. A network packet of maximum
     size. An IP Godzillagram has 65,536 octets. Compare {super source


     quench}, {Christmas tree packet}, {martian}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Godzillagram
       
          /god-zil'*-gram/ [Japan's national hero and {datagram}] 1. A
          network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine
          in the universe.  The typical case is an IP datagram whose
          destination IP address is [255.255.255.255].  Fortunately, few
          gateways are foolish enough to attempt to implement this case!
       
          2. A network packet of maximum size.  An {IP} Godzillagram has
          65,536 {octets}.  Compare {super source quench}.