Look up: packet

1. Packet
   A quantity of data used as the basis for multiplexing, for example in accordance with CCSDS.
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2. Packet
   A bundle of data transmitted across a network. It contains the source address (where the packet has come from) the destination address (where it's going to) a packet identifier (what sort of packet it is) and the data being sent.
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3. packet
   [n] - (computer science) a message or message fragment 2. [n] - a small package or bundle
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4. Packet
   (NETWORK GLOSSARY) A logical grouping of information that includes a header and (usually) user data.
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5. Packet
   In the context of teletext, a group of associated bytes transmitted within one TV line period. Packets with address 0-24 correspond to displayed text tows. (See also Extension Packets).
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6. Packet
   A unit of information, comprising a group of bits including data and control elements, which is switched and transmitted as a composite.
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7. packet
   goods-bearing postal item weighing up to 2kg Category: News-systems and communications • a sequence of binary digits including data and call control signals that is transmitted and switched as a composite whole Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) &bull...
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8. Packet
   Pack'et noun [ French paquet , dim. from Late Latin paccus , from the same source as English pack . See Pack .] 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak.
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9. Packet
   Pack'et transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Packeted ; present participle & verbal noun Packeting .] 1. To make up into a packet or bundle. 2. To send in a packe...
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10. Packet
    Pack'et intransitive verb To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
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11. packet
    noun a small package or bundle
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12. packet
    noun (computer science) a message or message fragment
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13. Packet
    • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. • (v. i.) To ply with a pa...
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14. Packet
    A packet was a small sailing ship for the conveyance of mail between countries. Prior to 1838 British packets were owned and operated by the Post Office department of the government. However, in 1838 the British government recognising that steamships were taking over from sailing ships, and reluctan...
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15. Packet
    When data is ready to be transmitted it is divided into pieces called packets. These packets contain information about which computer sent the data and where the data is going.
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16. PACKET
    A small number of cards.
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17. packet
    The unit of data sent across a network. 'Packet' is a generic term used to describe a unit of data at any layer of the OSI protocol stack, but it is most correctly used to describe application layer data units ('application protocol data unit', APDU). See also datagram, frame. (1994-11-30)
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18. Packet
    Packet is slang for the male genitals.
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19. Packet
    Packet is slang for the male genitals.
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20. packet
    
    • a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
    • (computer science) a message or message fragment
    • a small package or bundle
    • a boat for carrying mail
    
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21. packet
    a sequence of digital data representing a message or part of a message together with service digits including an address, organized to suit the transmission process and transmitted as a whole
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22. Packet
    In the sense of communications, a packet is a structured group of binary digits in a prearranged sequence containing synchronism, address, control an error-checking data. Specialised synonym for a 'block' of data in CCITT Packet Data Network standards.
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23. Packet
    In card games a packet refers to a collection of cards that is less than a full deck.
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