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Hop count - Definition and Overview
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In telecommunication, the term hop count has the following meanings:

  1. 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.

  1. 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

Example Usage of count
bagerman143: @ih8sn0w mine is tethered with blackra1n does that count
mersijolie: RT @KatyMasters: @CaimeAhOlic @mersijolie cake? count me in.
trinawithaK: I almost said something really ignorant and smart. But I'll stay out of that one. Thanks to @4everBrandy....Almost Doesn't count!!!
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