TheTTLfieldwasoriginallydesignedtoholdatimestamp,whichwasdecrementedbyeachvisitedrouter.Thedatagramwas()whenthevaluebecamezero.However,forthisscheme,allthemachinesmusthavesynchronizedclocksandmustknowhowlongittakesforadatagramtogofromonemachinetoanother.Today,thisfieldisusedmostlytocontrolthe()numberofhops(routers)visitedbythedatagram.Whenasourcehostsendsthedatagram,it()anumberinthisfield.Eachrouterthatprocessesthedatagramdecrementsthisnumberby1.Ifthisvalue,afterbeingdecremented,iszero,therouterdiscardsthedatagram.ThisfieldisneededbecauseroutingtablesintheInternetcanbecomecorrupted.Adatagrammaytravelbetweentwoormoreroutersforalongtimewithoutevergettingdeliveredtothe(请作答此空).Thisfieldlimitsthe()ofadatagram.
A.switch
B.router
C.source host
D.destination host
正确答案是D