packet

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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 plastic bag.
6. (slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
7. (informal) A large amount of money.

Verb

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

Łączone jako

pack‧et

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈpækɪt/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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

Zdania

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