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Martian: Packets from Mars

Martian, also known as Martian Packet or packets from Mars, is a humorous term applied to packets that turn up unexpectedly on the wrong network because of bogus routing entries. It is also used as a name for a packet that has an altogether bogus (nonregistered or ill-formed) Internet address.

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Martian: Packets from Mars