packet
/ˈpæk.ɪt/ noun B2- 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. · 2012 August 6, Wendy Knowler, Plastic packets: who bags the profits?
- Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
Plural packets
From the library
“I do not know, sir; it was to fulfil the last instructions of Captain Leclere, who, when dying, gave me a packet for Marshal Bertrand.”
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
“I believe that, besides the packet, Captain Leclere confided a letter to his care.”
“Of what packet are you speaking, Danglars?”
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