| Subject | English | German |
| commun. | IP packet header | IP Paket-Header |
| gen. | IP packet header | IP Header |
| comp., MS | packet header | Paketkopfzeile (In network protocol communications, a specially reserved field of a defined bit length that is attached to the front of a packet for carry and transfer of control information. When the packet arrives at its destination, the field is then detached and discarded as the packet is processed and disassembled in a corresponding reverse order for each protocol layer) |