packet
n. bundle; package; large amount of money (Slang); block of information that is transferred via a network and contains the sender's address and error correction information (Computers) | ||||
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Packets Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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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 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)
Packets Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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packet
Noun
1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
(synonym) package, bundle, parcel
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) wisp
2. (computer science) a message or message fragment
(hypernym) message
(classification) computer science, computing
3. a small package or bundle
(hypernym) package, parcel
(hyponym) deck
4. a boat for carrying mail
(synonym) mailboat, mail boat, packet boat
(hypernym) boat
Noun
1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
(synonym) package, bundle, parcel
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) wisp
2. (computer science) a message or message fragment
(hypernym) message
(classification) computer science, computing
3. a small package or bundle
(hypernym) package, parcel
(hyponym) deck
4. a boat for carrying mail
(synonym) mailboat, mail boat, packet boat
(hypernym) boat
Packets Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Packet
Packet can mean;
- Various meanings in Information technology, based on Packets of data
- Chernobyl packet
- . . . and many other technical terms
- See also
- The Packet service run by the UK General Post Office, from Tudor times until 1823, using small, fast, lightly armed ships to carry state papers to overseas destinations, using a regular schedule. See:
- This sense was extended to mean any regularly scheduled ship, carrying passengers, as in Packet trade. In this sense the word Packet may be modified by the destination e.g. Sydney Packet or motive force Steam packet
- The names of several Newspapers e.g. The Falmouth Packet, The Princeton Packet, The Columbus Packet.
- Uses where Packet just means a small parcel e.g. Fag packet, Sugar packet.
- The C-82 Packet is a U.S. military transport aircraft.
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