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packet
/ˈpæk.ɪt/
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What does packet mean?
noun
- A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
- 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. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).
- A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
More meanings (10)
noun
- A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
- A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
- A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
- A plastic bag.
- (slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
- (informal) A large amount of money.
verb
- To make up into a packet or bundle.
- To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
- To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
- To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpæk.ɪt/
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Mrs. Gillis called Anne aside into a vacant room before the funeral procession left the house, and gave her a small packet.
He narrates how the inquirer subjected a sealed packet of plates to the Crewe circle without exposure, endeavoring to get a psychograph.
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Then, later, when they come to fetch it, they leave a packet of meat in payment, for these little people never steal.
All this may seem like a lot of trouble to go to for such a small thing as a packet of seed.
He had delivered a melancholy oration previous to his funeral, and had doubtless in the packet of letters, presented various keepsakes to relatives.