packet.
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
Meaning & usage
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor!
a packet of letters
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).
A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
A plastic bag.
Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
A large amount of money.
It'll cost a packet to fix this.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et.
To make up into a packet or bundle.
To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et.
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