[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

inter-packet gap
     
         a time delay between successive data packets
        mandated by the network standard for protocol reasons.
     
        in ethernet, the medium has to be "silent" i.e., no data
        transfer for a few microseconds before a node can consider
        the network idle and start to transmit.  this is necessary for
        fairness reasons.  the delay time, which approximately equals
        the signal propagation time on the cable, allows the "silence"
        to reach the far end so that all nodes consider the net idle.
     
        1995-11-11
     
     
see also:
packets protocol ethernet node 

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