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keepalives

keepalives is the plural of keepalive.

Meaning of keepalive

Noun

keepalive (plural keepalives)

  1. A short message sent by one device to another to check that the link between the two is operating, or to prevent this link from being broken due to inactivity.

Questions about keepalives

What is keepalives the plural of?
Keepalives is the plural of keepalive.

Words near keepalives in the dictionary

  1. keep-worthy
  2. keepability
  3. keepable
  4. keepables
  5. keepalive
  6. keepalives
  7. keepe
  8. keeped
  9. keepen
  10. keeper
  11. keeper of the flame

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