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What is Fragmentation

Chapter 42
Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
In TCP/IP, fragmentation refers to the process of breaking packets into the smallest maximum size packet data unit (PDU) supported by any of the underlying networks.
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Mobility Protocols
Sherali Zeadally (University of the District of Columbia, USA) and Farhan Siddiqui (Wayne State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch042
Abstract
In recent years; we have witnessed a tremendous growth of wireless networks as well as the emergence of various kinds of devices (Personal Digital Assistants; handhelds; digital cellular phones) with different capabilities and processing power [Perkins; 1998]. These technological changes have paved the way for mobile networking and wireless Internet applications. In mobile networking; computing activities are not disrupted when the user changes the computer’s point of attachment to the network (e.g. to the Internet). All the needed reconnection occurs automatically and non-interactively [Perkins; 1998]. Providing mobile computing capabilities enables users to access the Internet services anytime; anywhere. In this context; there is increasing demand from end-users to support continuous connectivity and uninterrupted service of their Internet applications as they move about across different networking environments.
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Chapter 26
The Role of Networks in Local Governance
The division of actors/resources/knowledge and services in different streams that make complicated the cooperative action.
Published in Chapter: The Role of Networks in Local Governance; From: Encyclopedia of Organizational Knowledge, Administration, and Technology
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Chapter 19
Fragmentation of Mobile Applications
The inability to develop an application against a reference operating context and to achieve the intended behavior in all operating contexts suitable for the application i.e., the inability of a mobile application to “write once and run anywhere.” When an application is fragmented, it shows unintended and undesirable behavior on some of the operating contexts.
Published in Chapter: Fragmentation of Mobile Applications; From: Handbook of Research on Mobile Software Engineering: Design, Implementation, and Emergent Applications
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Chapter 13
Digital Storytelling and Public Relations: An Analysis Through Case Studies
It is one of the main qualities of postmodern era. Fragmentation means diffusion of the whole. It shows itself in different levels such as reality, state, society and individual (modular identity).
Published in Chapter: Digital Storytelling and Public Relations: An Analysis Through Case Studies; From: Handbook of Research on New Media Applications in Public Relations and Advertising
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Chapter 42
Current Challenges in Intrusion Detection Systems
When the data packet is too large to transfer on given network, it is divided into smaller packets. These smaller packets are reassembled on destination host. Among with other methods, intruders can deliberately divide the data packets to evade IDSs.
Published in Chapter: Current Challenges in Intrusion Detection Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition
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Chapter 2
Communication and Media: Types, Functions, and Key Concepts
Media fragmentation refers to the fact that as more media outlets, products, and distribution channels proliferate, the audience for the media products begins to break off from the main channels or outlets and begins to divide their time among the growing universe of programming options available.
Published in Chapter: Communication and Media: Types, Functions, and Key Concepts; From: Handbook of Research on Media Literacy in Higher Education Environments
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Chapter 81
Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
In TCP/IP, fragmentation refers to the process of breaking packets into the smallest maximum size packet data unit (PDU) supported by any of the underlying networks.
Published in Chapter: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP); From: Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
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Chapter 23
Art and Community Capacity-Building: A Case Study
In the public health field, a condition of practical dissociation between agencies, services, and organizations that decreases the ability to collaborate and share resources. In the rural public health literature, the term refers to that condition in rural places where services are dissociated by a lack of proximity, transportation, and/or political resources.
Published in Chapter: Art and Community Capacity-Building: A Case Study; From: Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art
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