Definition of Packet. Meaning of Packet. Synonyms of Packet

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Definition of Packet

Packet
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.
Packet
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.
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Packet Pack"et, v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Meaning of Packet from wikipedia

- container Cigarette packet Sugar packet Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network Packet radio, a form of amateur...
- telecommunications, packet switching is a method of grouping data into packets that are transmitted over a digital network. Packets are made of a header...
- Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data travelling across a computer network fail to reach their destination. Packet loss is either caused...
- and computer networking, a network packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-switched network. A packet consists of control information and...
- IP packet may refer to: Internet Protocol IPv4 packet IPv6 packet This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title IP packet. If an internal...
- In physics, a wave packet (also known as a wave train or wave group) is a short burst of localized wave action that travels as a unit, outlined by an envelope...
- A packet analyzer, also known as packet sniffer, protocol analyzer, or network analyzer, is a computer program or computer hardware such as a packet capture...
- into another by modifying network address information in the IP header of packets while they are in transit across a traffic routing device. The technique...
- keeps a record of each packet it sends and maintains a timer from when the packet was sent. The sender re-transmits a packet if the timer expires before...
- protocols of standards-based internetworking methods in the Internet and other packet-switched networks. IPv4 was the first version deplo**** for production on...