packet

1. n. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To make up into a packet or bundle. Source: opted

4. v. t. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Source: opted

5. v. i. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. Source: opted

6. n. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together Source: wordnet

7. n. (computer science) a message or message fragment Source: wordnet

8. n. a small package or bundle Source: wordnet

9. n. a boat for carrying mail Source: wordnet

10. 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters. Shak. 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, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2. -- Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or the sailing day. -- Packet note or post. See under Paper. 1. To make up into a packet or bundle. 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Her husband Was packeted to France. Ford. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. Source: webster

11. n:100 n. (computer science) a message or message fragment n. a small package or bundle Source: ecdict

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