packet assembler/disassembler

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Packet Assembler/Disassembler
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   (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.

   (1995-01-31)