Editing Gigapackets

{{Multiple issues|
{{Orphan|date=January 2025}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2017}}
}}

'''Gigapackets''' are [[1000000000 (number)|billions]] (10<sup>9</sup>) of [[packet (information technology)|packet]]s or [[datagram]]s.<ref name="Dong 2007 p. 213">{{cite book | last=Dong | first=J. | title=Network Dictionary | publisher=Javvin Technologies, Incorporated | series=ITPro collection | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-60267-000-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=On_Hh23IXDUC&pg=PA213 | access-date=August 2, 2017 | page=213}}</ref> The packet is the fundamental unit of [[information]] in [[computer network]]s.<ref name="Dong 2007 p. 213"/>

[[Data transfer rates]] in gigapackets per second are associated with high speed networks, especially [[Optical fiber|fiber optic]] networks. The bit rates that are used to create gigapackets are in the range of [[gigabits per second]]. These rates are seen in network speeds of [[gigabit Ethernet]] or [[10 Gigabit Ethernet]] and [[Synchronous Optical Networking|SONET]] [[Optical Carrier]] rates of OC-48 at 2.5&nbsp;Gbit/s and OC-192 at 10&nbsp;Gbit/s.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Packets (information technology)]]
[[Category:Units of information]]


{{Telecom-stub}}