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ATM cells have 48 byte payloads. Supposedly that was because different groups involved in the standardisation process wanted either 32 or 64 byte payloads.
by matthiasl 3y ago
ATM cells have 48 byte payloads.
Supposedly that was because different groups involved in the standardisation process wanted either 32 or 64 byte payloads.
- chungy 3y agoThat's definitely a "split the baby down the middle" kind of solution.
- Paul-Craft 3y agoMore like a "fuck all you guys, I'm going home" kind of solution, if you ask me.
- drewolbrich 3y agoI think there's a similar story for the HDTV 16:9 aspect ratio.
- marcus0x62 3y agoSupposedly it was the largest size the French contingent to the standards committee would accept. They wanted a very small sample size to reduce the need for echo cancellation in their network.
- abwizz 3y agoconveniently about the size of a typical ip+tcp header