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Differentiated Services
A protocol defined by the IETF for managing network traffic based on the type of packet or message being transmitted.
The Differentiated Services protocol is often abbreviated as DiffServ. DiffServ rules define how a packet flows through a network based on a 6 bit field (the Differentiated Services Code Point) in the IP header. The Differentiated Services Code Point specifies the "per hop behavior" for the packet or message.
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