packet

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Synonyms: racket, picket, packed, jacket, pocket, packer, placket, sacket, yacket, tacket, packit

Antonyms: racket, picket, packed, jacket, pocket, packer, placket, sacket, yacket, tacket, packit

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Noun

1. A small [[pack]] or [[package]]; a little [[bundle]] or [[parcel]]
2. {{lb|en|nautical}} 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 ([[w:Packet (sea transport)|Wikipedia]]).
3. {{lb|en|botany}} A [[specimen]] [[envelope]] containing small, dried [[plant]]s or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
4. {{lb|en|networking}} A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of [[network]], notably [[Ethernet]] networks ([[w:Network packet|Wikipedia]]).
5. {{lb|en|networking}} A [[protocol data unit]] of the [[Internet Protocol]].
6. {{lb|en|networking}} A [[message]] sent over a transport layer [[protocol]].
7. {{lb|en|South Africa}} A [[plastic bag]].
8. {{lb|en|slang}} {{syn of|en|package||male genitalia}}.
9. {{lb|en|informal}} A large amount of money.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make up into a packet or bundle.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[ply]] with a packet or dispatch boat.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|internet}} To subject to a [[denial-of-service attack]] in which a large number of [[data]] packets are sent.

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