Capterra Glossary
Preamble
In computer networking, the term ‘preamble’ is defined as a network communications signal that synchronizes data transmission between two or more computer systems. A preamble is one part of an Ethernet data frame’s contents, defined as the contents of a single data packet transmitted over an Ethernet connection. An Ethernet preamble is delivered to a network receiver in the form of a binary pattern (1s and 0s).
A preamble updates a data packet’s delivery status to a network receiver.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Preamble
Small and midsize companies typically connect their network devices using an Ethernet connection, which carries information using data frames and packets across network devices by navigating local area networks (LANs) or wide area networks (WANs).
To implement data link protocol (transfer information across network devices), a data frame should include a preamble, which will update the packet’s delivery status to the network receiver.
Related Terms
- Synchronous
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Intranet
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy