Packet

Definitions

1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
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, vessel (Wikipedia).
3. A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
4. A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
5. A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
6. A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
7. A plastic bag.
   South-Africa
8. Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
   slang
9. A large amount of money.
   informal

Equivalents

52 more languages

العربيةالحزمةحزمةربطةرزمةصرةعلبة+ 3 more

Беларускаяпакет

Българскипакет

বাংলামোড়ক

BosanskiDardapakpaketpaketićбунтпакетпакетић+ 4 more

Catalàpaquet

Češtinabalíčekdarda

Cymraegpecyn

Danskpakke

Ελληνικάδέμακουτίπακέτο

Esperantopako

Eestipakettpakk

Euskarapakete

فارسیبستهپاکت

Suomipaketoidapaketti

Gàidhligpacaid

עבריתחבילהחפיסה

हिन्दीपुड़ियापुलिंदापैकेटलिफ़ाफ़ा+ 1 more

HrvatskiDardapakpaketpaketićбунтпакетпакетић+ 4 more

Magyarcsomagtasak

Հայերենկապոցփաթեթ

Bahasa Indonesiapaket

Íslenskapakki

Italianopacchettopacco

日本語バゲット包み小包

ქართულიპაკეტი

Қазақ тілібайламқорап

ភាសាខ្មែរបេសំណុំ

한국어꾸러미뽀슬개소포짐패킷+ 2 more

Kurdîboçpakpakêt

Latinafascis

Lingálaebimbalibokemobombo

ລາວຫໍ

Lietuviųpaketas

Latviešupaciņapaka

Te Reo Māoripākete

Македонскипакет

Монголбаглаа

မြန်မာအထုပ်

Nederlandspakpakket

Polskiopakowaniepaczkapakiet

Portuguêspacketpacote

Românăpachet

Русскийпакетпа́чка

Shqippako

СрпскиDardapakpaketpaketićбунтпакетпакетић+ 4 more

Svenskapaketpaketera

Kiswahilipakiti

ไทยห่อหีบห่อ

Türkçepaket

Українськабунтпакетпачка

Tiếng Việtbaobịchbọcđùmgỏi+ 2 more

Examples

“Don't throw⟳ the crisp packet on the floor!”

“a packet of letters”

“a packet of biscuits”

“(archaic) a travel⟳ bag containing clothing, nightwear and other accessories.”

“With just the turn⟳ of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end⟳ of the dock on which they stood, lay⟳ the good ship, Mount⟳ Vernon, river packet, the black smoke⟳ already pouring from her stacks.”

“Fishguard Harbour, constructed some 60 years ago by the G.W.R., became the packet port for G.W.R. services to Waterford and Rosslare - the latter port itself was a new venture partly under G.W.R. auspices - and to Cork.”

“With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound⟳ conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow⟳ one to extrapolate safely: what you see⟳ is what you get⟳[…].”

“The Minecraft server accepts connections from TCP clients and communicates with them using packets. A packet is a sequence of bytes sent over the TCP connection.”

“2012 August 6, Wendy Knowler, Plastic packets: who bags the profits?”

“A sleeping, silver-haired man, probably about fifty, couldn’t close⟳ his legs because of the size of his packet.”

“It'll cost⟳ a packet to fix⟳ this.”

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