Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Difference between Frame and Packet?

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From: Khachaturov Vassilii <Vassilii.Khachaturov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:01:35 -0400
Hi Ulf,
the common practice (generally in networking, not just Ethereal) is 
to use these words to signify the difference between the layers. 
I.e., Ethernet FRAME, but IP PACKET.

I agree that in the UI and in the code, naming should be consistent
with the meaning.

V.