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What (who) is Chernobyl packet - definition

EXTREME ACCUMULATION OF BROADCAST AND MULTICAST TRAFFIC ON A COMPUTER NETWORK
Broadcast Storm; Chernobyl packet; Network storm; Broadcast radiation

Chernobyl packet         
<networking> /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, named in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ethernet address and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas tree packet. [Jargon File] (2004-02-17)
Broadcast storm         
A broadcast storm or broadcast radiation is the accumulation of broadcast and multicast traffic on a computer network. Extreme amounts of broadcast traffic constitute a "broadcast storm".
network storm         

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Broadcast storm

A broadcast storm or broadcast radiation is the accumulation of broadcast and multicast traffic on a computer network. Extreme amounts of broadcast traffic constitute a "broadcast storm". It can consume sufficient network resources so as to render the network unable to transport normal traffic. A packet that induces such a storm is occasionally nicknamed a Chernobyl packet.