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noun (wikipedia, packet, packet (information technology))
- A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters, a packet of crisps, a packet of biscuits.
- 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.
- (networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks.
Translations: - Italian: pacchetto
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: paquete
(trans-bottom)
Etymology: pak "bundle" + -et (probably after pacquet (French: paquet))
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