packet

Meaning

Noun

1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
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, vessel (Wikipedia).
3. A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
4. A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
5. A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
6. A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
7. (South-Africa) A plastic bag.
8. (slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
9. (informal) A large amount of money.

Verb

1. (transitive) To make up into a packet or bundle.
2. (transitive) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
3. (intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
4. (Internet, transitive) To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.

Synonyms

package

📦

parcel

pack

bundle

box

📦

mailboat

packet boat

container

dilly bag

mail boat

bag

basket

🧺

datagram

packaging

sheaf

wad

fortune

group

kit

muck

compression

case

small bundle

carton

paper bag

paper-bag

bunch

pile

pot

sachet

transmission group

small box

stack

tidy sum

tuft

bale

wisp

wrapping

bindle

small parcel/bundle

beam

data packet

dossier

encapsulation

Translations

paquet

paquete

Paket

pacchetto

📦

pacote

📦

pacco

pakje

πακέτο

colis

pakket

paquet

μικρό δέμα

Datenpaket

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpækɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pacquet

In summary

From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et.

Sentences

A packet is declared incorrect if at least one bit is erroneous .