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Time to Live

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

A value in an Internet Protocol packet that tells a network router whether or not the packet has been in the network too long and should be discarded.

MWESANS Glossary of Security Terms

Classifications

Entity Type

Network92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

plural
Time to Lives
possessive
Time to Live's
pluralpossessive
Time to Lives'