Chernobyl packet

Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n.  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}.