A piece of a message transmitted over a packet-switching network. One of the key features of a packet is that it contains the destination address in addition to the data. In IP networks, packets are often called datagrams.
Packet (Wikipedia)
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Packet may refer to:
- A small container or pouch
- Packet (container), a small single use container
- Cigarette packet
- Sugar packet
- Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
- Packet radio, a form of amateur radio data communications using the AX25 protocol
- Packet trade, regularly scheduled cargo, passenger, and mail trade conducted by ship
- Packet boat, type of boat used for scheduled mail or passenger service
- C-82 Packet, a U.S. military transport aircraft
- Packet Newspapers, British newspaper group
