English

Etymology
ME. pak "bundle" + -et (probably after AF. pacquet (French: paquet))

Noun
wikipedia|packet|packet (information technology)
en-noun

1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters, a packet of crisps, a packet of biscuits.
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.
3. networking A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks.

Translations
trans-top|small pack
Finnish: paketti
Italian: pacchettom
trans-mid
Swedish: paket n
Spanish: paquete
trans-bottom

trans-top|vessel to convey mail
Finnish: paketti
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|small fragment of data
Finnish: paketti
trans-mid
Swedish: paket n
Spanish: paquete
trans-bottom

Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

Translations
trans-top|make into a packet
Finnish: paketoida
trans-mid
Swedish: paketera
trans-bottom

trans-top|send in a packet vessel
trans-mid
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Intransitive verb
en-verb

1. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Translations

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See also
datagram
packet radio
packet switching, packet-switching

References
R:1913

German

Verb
packet

1. Imperative plural of packen. Short form: packt

Swedish

Noun
packet

1. see pack

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