packet

n. bundle; package; large amount of money (Slang); block of information that is transferred via a network and contains the sender's address and error correction information (Computers)

Packet can mean;Various meanings in Information technology, based on Packets of data Packet switchingPacket sniffer,Packet lossPacket radio Packet forwardingGeneral Packet Radio ServiceMartian packetChristmas tree packet Chernobyl packet . . . and many other technical termsSee also The Packet service run by the UK General Post Office, from Tudor times until 1823, using small, fast, lightly armed ships to carry state papers to overseas destinations, using a regular schedule. See: This sense was extended to mean any regularly scheduled ship, carrying passengers, as in Packet trade. In this sense the word Packet may be modified by the destination e.g. Sydney Packet or motive force Steam packetThe names of several Newspapers e.g. The Falmouth Packet, The Princeton Packet, The Columbus Packet.Uses where Packet just means a small parcel e.g. Fag packet, Sugar packet.The C-82 Packet is a U.S. military transport aircraft.
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Noun
1. a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
(synonym) package, bundle, parcel
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(hyponym) wisp
2. (computer science) a message or message fragment
(hypernym) message
(classification) computer science, computing
3. a small package or bundle
(hypernym) package, parcel
(hyponym) deck
4. a boat for carrying mail
(synonym) mailboat, mail boat, packet boat
(hypernym) boat

v. bag, capture, catch; pack, wrap, put in cases; seize

(v. t.)
To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
  

(v. t.)
To make up into a packet or bundle.
  

(v. i.)
To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters.