(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 5:45:26
Chernobyl chicken = C = chicken head

Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n.

A network packet that induces a broadcast storm and/or network meltdown, in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ether and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare Christmas tree packet.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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