A basic unit of data used for communication over the Internet. It is transmitted between origin and destination through a process called Packet Switching.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
packet (noun)1.
a) a small bundle or parcel
b) a small thin - package
c) British
(1) - pay envelope
(2) - salary paycheck
d) chiefly British a considerable amount - that trip will cost a packet
2.
a) a number of letters dispatched at one time
b) a small group, cluster, or mass
3.
a passenger boat usually carrying mail and cargo
4.
British a pack of cigarettes
5.
a short fixed-length section of data that is transmitted as a unit in an electronic communications network
Packet (Wikipedia)
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Packet may refer to:
- A small container or pouch
- Packet (container), a small single use 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 radio data communications using the AX25 protocol
- Packet trade, regularly scheduled cargo, passenger, and mail trade conducted by ship
- Packet boat, type of boat used for scheduled mail or passenger service
- C-82 Packet, a U.S. military transport aircraft
- Packet Newspapers, British newspaper group