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In telecommunication, the term hop count has the following meanings: - In a data communications network, the number of legs traversed by a packet between its source and destination.
Note: Hop count may be used to determine the time to live for some packets.
- The number of signal regenerating devices (such as repeaters, bridges, routers, and gateways) through which data must pass to reach their destination.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
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