Netrek Developer's Glossary 
by Zachary Uram, with input from James Cameron

Feature Packet -
A packet for negotiating features.

Short Packet -
A packet which is a member of the packets used by Heiko's short packets
protocol redesign from several years ago.

Long Packet -
A packet which is a member of the packets defined by the protocol before
Heiko's work began.

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Zachary Uram    yoda@netrek.org     http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu/~chaos