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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Packet \Pack"et\, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr LL paccus, from the same source as E. pack. See {Pack}.] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as a packet of letters. --Shak. 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}, or {vessel}. See {Packet}, n., 2. {Packet day}, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day {Packet note} or {post}. See under {Paper}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Packet \Pack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Packeted}; p. pr & vb n. {Packeting}.] 1. To make up into a packet or bundle. 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband Was packeted to France. --Ford. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Packet \Pack"et\, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: packet n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {package}, {bundle}, {parcel}] 2: a small package or bundle 3: a boat for carrying mail [syn: {mailboat}, {mail boat}, {packet boat}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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)
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