meaning of network meltdown

1. network meltdown By analogy with catastrophic failure of a nuclear reactor An event that causes saturation, or near saturation, of a network. Network meltdown usually results from illegal or misrouted packets see Chernobyl packet and typically lasts only a short time. It may also be caused by a hardware fault. It is the network equivalent of thrashing. [Jargon File]


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