maximum segment size

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maximum segment size - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  maximum segment size
  MSS
  
     <networking> (MSS) The maximum amount of TCP data that a
     node can send in one segment.  This should be the size of
     the receiver's reassembly buffer to try to avoid
     fragmentation.
  
     The equivalent at the physical layer is "Maximum Transmission Unit
     ".
  
     (1998-03-06)