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pack·et 
[pak-it] Pronunciation Key
[pak-it] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a small group or package of anything: a packet of letters. |
| 2. | Also called packet boat, packet ship. a small vessel that carries mail, passengers, and goods regularly on a fixed route, esp. on rivers or along coasts. |
| 3. | Cards. a part of a pack of cards after being cut. |
| 4. | Informal. a large amount of money. |
| 5. | British Slang.
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| 6. | to bind up in a package or parcel. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| pack·et
(pāk'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English pekette, probably diminutive of pak, pack; see pack1.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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packet
1530, from M.E. pak "bundle" (see pack (n.)) + dim. suffix -et; perhaps modified on Anglo-Fr. pacquet (M.Fr. pacquet), which is ult. a dim. of M.Du. pak. A packet boat (1641) was originally one that carried mails.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| packet | |
noun | |
| 1. | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: package] |
| 2. | (computer science) a message or message fragment |
| 3. | a small package or bundle |
| 4. | a boat for carrying mail [syn: mailboat] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Packet
Pack"et\, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See Pack.]1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. --Shak. 2. 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, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. Packet note or post. See under Paper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Packet
Pack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Packeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Packeting.]1. To make up into a packet or bundle. 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband Was packeted to France. --Ford.
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Packet
Pack"et\, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
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