preamble

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Under the rules of the Ethernet protocol—widely used in computer networks—each packet starts with a preamble, signaling data is on the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

The hope, the optimism, the feelgood swirling around Hampden in the preamble was gone.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

He gives us plenty of time to think about what we’re really watching: not must-see television, but the preamble to a funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

But this is mere preamble to the galleries below.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

I referred them to the preamble of the Freedom Charter: “South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela