Question

The entirety of a packet at one layer becoming the payload section at another layer is known as

Answer 1

The answer is PLAYLOAD.

REASON :

Any data which is not part of the protocol can be considered payload.

On observing the network layers, each layer of the network stack has a payload:

1.) Layer-2 frames have a payload of layer-3 packets.


2.) Layer-3 packets have a payload of layer-4 segments.


3.) Layer-4 segments have a payload of application data.

EXAMPLE :

In an email message, the specific message text and attachments are payload.

The format of the message adds the required headers to this payload so as to form a standard RFC email message.


This message can then for example be transfered over SMTP.