packet


Definition: Meaning of, packet in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpakɪt /

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packet packets
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  1. British English a container made of paper, plastic, or CARDBOARD that something is sold in
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  2. especially British English a small flat package that is sent by post or delivered to someone
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  3. cost a packet British English informal to cost a lot of money
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  4. technical a quantity of information that is sent as a single unit from one computer to another on a network or on the Internet
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packet used in phrases

  • General Packet Radio Service (noun)
    1. mobile data service available for GSM mobile phones
  • packet boat (noun)
    1. old-fashioned a boat that carries letters, packages etc and usually passengers at regular times
  • packet switching (noun)
    1. computing a means of directing digitally encoded information in a communication network from its source to its destination, in which messages may be divided into smaller entities called packets, each of which travels independently through the network in paths based on moment to moment routing decisions made by the nodes through which they pass
  • packet-switching (noun)
    1. a method of sending information stored on a computer, usually across the Internet. Long messages are broken into pieces and put together again when they are received.
  • pay packet (noun)
    1. the amount of money someone earns
    2. an envelope containing someone's wages
  • wage-packet (noun)
    1. British English an envelope that contains your wages
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