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What (who) is packets - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
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
(packets)
1.
A packet is a small container in which a quantity of something is sold. Packets are either small boxes made of thin cardboard, or bags or envelopes made of paper or plastic. (mainly BRIT)
Cook the rice according to instructions on the packet.
...a cigarette packet.
= pack
N-COUNT
•
He had smoked half a packet of cigarettes...
= pack
N-COUNT: usu N of n
2.
A packet is a small flat parcel. (mainly BRIT)
...a packet of photographs.
N-COUNT
3.
It'll cost you a packet...
= fortune
N-SING: a N
4.
Packet
·vt To make up into a packet or bundle.
II. Packet ·vi To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
III. Packet ·vt To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
IV. Packet ·noun A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.
V. Packet ·noun Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat.
Wikipedia
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 packets
1. The Vietnam Red Cross has provided 400 relief packets to Bac Giang, 600 relief packets to Quang Ninh, Lang Son, and Son La, each with 200 packets.
2. Similarly, the ERC has sent '50 ration packets to Charsadda while 200 ration packets (32.1 kg each) to Peshawar.
3. Slovenian authorities seized packets of poultry last year that had been hidden beneath same–sized packets of broccoli and garlic.
4. The relief goods dispatched on Monday to NWFP’s affected areas included 750 ration packets (32.1kg each) to Charsadda, 250 ration packets (32.1 kg each) to Nowshera and 500 ration packets (32.1 kg each) to Swat.
5. "We have made special packets of rice for such customers." Supermarkets have also stacked up packets of Fitra rice for the convenience of its customers.