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What (who) is packet - definition

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Packets; Packet (disambiguation)

packet         
¦ noun
1. a paper or cardboard container.
2. (a packet) informal, chiefly Brit. a large sum of money.
3. dated a boat travelling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail.
4. Computing a block of data transmitted across a network.
¦ verb (packets, packeting, packeted) [often as adjective packeted] wrap up in a packet.
Origin
C16: dimin. of pack1, perh. from Anglo-Norman Fr.; cf. Anglo-Latin paccettum.
packet         
n. a pay packet (BE; AE has pay envelope)
packet         
The unit of data sent across a network. "Packet" is a generic term used to describe a unit of data at any layer of the OSI protocol stack, but it is most correctly used to describe application layer data units ("{application protocol data unit}", APDU). See also datagram, frame. (1994-11-30)

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Packet

Packet may refer to:

  • A small container or pouch
    • Packet (container), a small single use container
    • Cigarette packet
    • Sugar packet
  • Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
  • Packet radio, a form of amateur radio data communications using the AX25 protocol
  • Packet trade, regularly scheduled cargo, passenger, and mail trade conducted by ship
  • Packet boat, type of boat used for scheduled mail or passenger service
  • C-82 Packet, a U.S. military transport aircraft
  • Packet Newspapers, British newspaper group
Examples of use of packet
1. Pay Packet On your card you will also find our new Pay Packet game.
2. "I‘d start off with a packet of crisps for breakfast, and then I‘d have a second packet.
3. TOBACCO Rise of 'p a packet Excise duty on packet of cigarettes to go up by 'p from tomorrow.
4. The cost of cigarettes will rise by 11p per packet.
5. Nobody would go near a packet of cigarettes after that.