[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

packet \pack"et\ pa^k"e^t, n. f. paquet, dim. fr. ll.
   paccus, from the same source as e. pack. see pack.
   1913 webster
   1. a small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a
      packet of letters. --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   packet boat, packet ship, or packet vessel. see
      packet, n., 2.

   packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or
      the sailing day.

   packet note or packet post. see under paper.
      1913 webster
see also:
pack packet boat packet ship packet vessel packet packet day 
packet note packet post paper 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

packet \pack"et\, v. t. imp.  p. p. packeted; p. pr.  vb.
   n. packeting.
   1. to make up into a packet or bundle.
      1913 webster

   2. to send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
      1913 webster

            her husband
            was packeted to france.               --ford.
      1913 webster
see also:
packeted packeting 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

packet \pack"et\, v. i.
   to ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

packet
     n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together syn: package,
           bundle, parcel
     2: computer science a message or message fragment
     3: a small package or bundle
     4: a boat for carrying mail syn: mailboat, mail boat, packet
        boat
see also:
package bundle parcel mailboat mail boat packet boat 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

48 moby thesaurus words for "packet":
   argosy, bale, bark, batch, bindle, boat, bolt, bomb, boodle,
   bottom, bouquet, bucket, budget, bundle, craft, deck, fagot,
   fardel, fasces, fascine, fortune, great deal, hooker, hulk, hull,
   keel, leviathan, loads, lots, mint, nosegay, pack, package, parcel,
   piles, posy, pretty penny, quiver, roll, rouleau, sheaf, ship,
   tidy sum, truss, tub, vessel, wad, watercraft

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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
     
     
see also:
network osi protocol stack application layer application protocol data unit datagram 
frame 

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