On May 3, 2011, at 1:54 PM, Scott Brim wrote:

> Dave: "user datagram" as in UDP refers to exposing the datagram interface to 
> the user.  "This User Datagram  Protocol (UDP) is defined to make available a 
> datagram mode of packet-switched computer communication": a "datagram mode" 
> is "made available", that is, the user can send datagrams directly instead of 
> offering a stream or a file that is magically chopped up into datagrams for 
> him.  "User datagram" is not a new meaning of datagram.

Yes. I find myself looking at the various definitions of the term, in IEN48, 
RFC 1594, and so on, and then looking at the header defined in RFC 768, and 
looking diligently for the destination address.
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