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Packet Assembler/Disassembler

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Packet Assembler/Disassembler - (PAD) Hardware or software device for splitting a data stream into discrete packets for transmission over some medium and then reforming the stream(s) at the receiver.

The term is most often used for interfaces to X.25 lines.

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Packet Assembler/Disassembler (PAD) supports a wide range of protocols inlcuding IBM SNA/SDLC, IBM 3270 Bisync, Burroughs Poll/Select and Sperry Uniscope, as well as many Asynchronous protocols.
The DynaStar 100E's extensive protocol support is the key to the platform's versatility: it can be deployed as a frame relay access device (FRAD), a packet assembler/disassembler (PAD), an Access Router (IP, IPX, OSI, OSPF), an X.
 
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