What is Packet Order Correction (POC)? - Definition from Whatis.com

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Packet Order Correction (POC)

Packet Order Correction (POC) is a technique for dealing with out-of-order packet delivery. POC works by resequencing packets on the far end of a wide area network (WAN) link on the fly to avoid retransmission when packets arrive out of order.

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