A network packet that induces a {broadcast storm} and/or {network
meltdown}, in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl
in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram
that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ether
and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the
subnetworks being gated between. Compare {Christmas tree packet}.
[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Christmas tree packet}{kamikaze packet}{network meltdown}]