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Time to live
Time to live (TTL) is a field in the Internet Protocol header which indicates how many more hops this packet should be allowed to make before being discarded or returned.
This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC, used with permission.
see also traceroute, ping
This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC, used with permission.
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