@@ -516,25 +516,25 @@ client.connect(41234, 'localhost', (err) => {
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517517#### Note about UDP datagram size
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519- The maximum size of an ` IPv4/v6 ` datagram depends on the ` MTU `
520- (_ Maximum Transmission Unit _ ) and on the ` Payload Length ` field size.
519+ The maximum size of an IPv4/v6 datagram depends on the ` MTU `
520+ (Maximum Transmission Unit ) and on the ` Payload Length ` field size.
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522- * The ` Payload Length ` field is ` 16 bits ` wide, which means that a normal
523- payload cannot exceed 64K octets _ including _ the internet header and data
522+ * The ` Payload Length ` field is 16 bits wide, which means that a normal
523+ payload cannot exceed 64K octets including the internet header and data
524524 (65,507 bytes = 65,535 − 8 bytes UDP header − 20 bytes IP header);
525525 this is generally true for loopback interfaces, but such long datagram
526526 messages are impractical for most hosts and networks.
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528528* The ` MTU ` is the largest size a given link layer technology can support for
529- datagram messages. For any link, ` IPv4 ` mandates a minimum ` MTU ` of ` 68 `
530- octets, while the recommended ` MTU ` for IPv4 is ` 576 ` (typically recommended
529+ datagram messages. For any link, IPv4 mandates a minimum ` MTU ` of 68
530+ octets, while the recommended ` MTU ` for IPv4 is 576 (typically recommended
531531 as the ` MTU ` for dial-up type applications), whether they arrive whole or in
532532 fragments.
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534- For ` IPv6 ` , the minimum ` MTU ` is ` 1280 ` octets, however , the mandatory minimum
535- fragment reassembly buffer size is ` 1500 ` octets. The value of ` 68 ` octets is
534+ For IPv6, the minimum ` MTU ` is 1280 octets. However , the mandatory minimum
535+ fragment reassembly buffer size is 1500 octets. The value of 68 octets is
536536 very small, since most current link layer technologies, like Ethernet, have a
537- minimum ` MTU ` of ` 1500 ` .
537+ minimum ` MTU ` of 1500.
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539539It is impossible to know in advance the MTU of each link through which
540540a packet might travel. Sending a datagram greater than the receiver ` MTU ` will
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