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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

datagram

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
data-gram
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A packet of data passed across a network.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English datagram From data + -gram.

Inflected Forms

datagrams (plural) datagramme (alternative) datagrams (present, singular) datagramming (participle, present) datagrammed (participle, past) datagrammed (past)

Derived Forms

datagramming tinygram

Phrases

User Datagram Protocol

Questions

What does datagram mean?
A packet of data passed across a network.
Where does datagram come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Italic *didō Latin dō Latin datusnom. Latin datumbor. English data Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English datagram From data + -gram.

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