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Payload

Jan 07, 20251 min read

data encapsulated with every Abstraction Layer’s Header or Trailer; The recipient of a payload must remove any headers or trailers to properly process the original data (Decapsulation)

Payload = TCP Segment nested inside of IP Packet nested inside of Ethernet (Data Link Layer) [[Open Systems Interconnection Model#Data Link Layer#Frame]]


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