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Kamikaze Packet

/kä-mi-ˈkä-zē pa-kət/

n. The 'official' jargon for what is more commonly called a Christmas tree packet. RFC-1025, 'TCP and IP Bake Off' says:

10 points for correctly being able to process a "Kamikaze" packet (AKA nastygram, christmas tree packet, lamp test segment, et al.). That is, correctly handle a segment with the maximum combination of features at once (e.g., a SYN URG PUSH FIN segment with options and data).

See also Chernobyl packet.