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  • packet driver — (networking)   IBM PC local area network software that divides data into packets which it routes to the network. It also handles incoming data, reassembling the packets so that application programs can read the data as a continuous stream. Packet drivers provide a simple, common programming interface that allows multiple applications to share a network interface at the data link layer. Packet drivers demultiplex incoming packets among the applications by using the network media's standard packet type or service access point field(s). The packet driver provides calls to initiate access to a specific packet type, to end access to it, to send a packet, to get statistics on the network interface and to get information about the interface. Protocol implementations that use the packet driver can coexist and can make use of one another's services, whereas multiple applications which do not use the driver do not coexist on one machine properly. Through use of the packet driver, a user could run TCP/IP, XNS and a proprietary protocol implementation such as DECnet, Banyan's, LifeNet's, Novell's or 3Com's without the difficulties associated with pre-empting the network interface. Applications which use the packet driver can also run on new network hardware of the same class without being modified; only a new packet driver need be supplied. There are several levels of packet driver. The first is the basic packet driver, which provides minimal functionality but should be simple to implement and which uses very few host resources. The basic driver provides operations to broadcast and receive packets. The second driver is the extended packet driver, which is a superset of the basic driver. The extended driver supports less commonly used functions of the network interface such as multicast, and also gathers statistics on use of the interface and makes these available to the application. The third level, the high-performance functions, support performance improvements and tuning.
  • peak district — a region of N central England, mainly in N Derbyshire at the S end of the Pennines: consists of moors in the north and a central limestone plateau; many caves. Highest point: 727 m (2088 ft)
  • pedestal desk — a desk with a writing surface supported by a pair of sets of drawers
  • quarterbacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quarterback.
  • quarterdecker — an officer who serves on the quarterdeck; a gun situated on the quarterdeck
  • ragged jacket — a young seal that, having lost parts of its initially white fur, presents a parti-colored or piebald appearance.
  • riding jacket — coat worn for horse-riding
  • ring-streaked — having streaks or bands of color around the body.
  • skateboarding — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • skip distance — the minimum distance along the earth's surface between the position of a short-wave transmitter and the region where its signal is received after one reflection from the ionosphere.
  • speed skating — ice skating as a form of racing, usually on an oval course and against other competitors or the clock.
  • spotted crake — a Eurasian rail, Porzana porzana, of swamps and marshes, having a buff speckled plumage and dark brown wings
  • standing joke — If something is a standing joke among a group of people, they often make jokes about it.
  • take a powder — British Dialect. to rush.
  • take on board — be receptive
  • take pride in — be proud
  • take sth hard — If you take something hard, you are very upset or depressed by it.
  • take the road — to begin a journey or tour
  • take to drink — If someone takes to drink, they start to drink a lot of alcohol regularly, usually because they are depressed or worried about something.
  • takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
  • task-oriented — focusing on the completion of particular tasks as a measure of success
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the naked eye — If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
  • tinker's damn — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • to break wind — If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus.
  • tradesmanlike — like or characteristic of a tradesman
  • transfer desk — the place in an airport where you arrange a transfer from one flight to another
  • undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
  • weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
  • wicket maiden — an over in which no runs are scored with the bat and at least one wicket is taken by the bowler
  • wideawake hat — fully awake; with the eyes wide open.
  • yekaterinodar — a former name of Krasnodar.
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