Datagram

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

  datagram
       
          A self-contained, independent entity of data carrying
          sufficient information to be {route}d from the source to the
          destination computer without reliance on earlier exchanges
          between this source and destination computer and the


          transporting {network}.
       
          See also {connectionless}, {frame}, {packet}.