packet

n.

1. A small package or bundle.
2. Informal. A sizable sum of money.
3. A boat, usually a coastal or river steamer, that plies a regular route and carries passengers, freight, and mail.
4. A short block of data transmitted in a packet switching network.

[Middle English pekette, probably diminutive of pak, pack. See pack¹.]

A block of data that is transmitted over the network in a packet-switched system. The terms frame, packet and datagram are often used synonymously. See packet switching.

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A unit of data sent across a Network. When a large block of data is to be sent over a network, it is broken up into several packets, sent, and then reassembled at the other end.

n. also packet boat dated a ship traveling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bundt, pakke, æske
v. tr. - emballere

idioms:

• catch a packet    få et voldsomt slag
• packet switching    pakkekobling, packet switching

Nederlands (Dutch)
pak, hoop geld, pakketboot

Français (French)
n. - paquet, sachet, brique, (Naut) paquebot (arch)
v. tr. - faire un paquet, emballer dans un sachet

idioms:

• catch a packet    toucher le paquet
• packet switching    (Comput) commutation de paquets

Deutsch (German)
n. - Päckchen, Haufen Geld
v. - zu einem Päckchen verpacken

idioms:

• catch a packet    (Slang) einer Kugel in den Weg laufen
• packet switching    (Comp.) Paketvermittlung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δέμα, πακέτο, δεματάκι, (καθομ.) (ένα σωρό) λεφτά, σκοτούρα, μπελάς
v. - κάνω πακέτο

idioms:

• catch a packet    τρώω σφαίρα
• packet switching    μεταγωγή κατά πακέτα

Italiano (Italian)
pacco

idioms:

• catch a packet    passare un brutto guaio
• packet switching    commutazione di pacchetto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pacote (m), maço de cartas/cigarros, paquete, bolada (coloq.)
v. - empacotar

idioms:

• catch a packet    levar uma surra
• packet switching    desvio de dinheiro

Русский (Russian)
пакет, пачка, упаковка, пакетбот, куча денег

idioms:

• catch a packet    подхватить сифилис
• packet switching    заменить дорогую пачку дешевой (вид оферы)

Español (Spanish)
n. - paquete, cajetilla, sobre, dineral
v. tr. - empaquetar

idioms:

• catch a packet    resultar gravemente herido
• packet switching    conmutación de paquetes, transmisión de datos a través de una red en bloques que son enviados separadamente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bunt, paket, ask, stora pengar, storkovan, postbåt, snyting, smäll
v. - slå in, paketera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
储存器, 小包, 封套, 打包, 装进小包

idioms:

• catch a packet    遭受不幸, 受重伤, 陷入困境
• packet switching    封包交换

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 記憶體, 小包, 封套
v. tr. - 打包, 裝進小包

idioms:

• catch a packet    遭受不幸, 受重傷, 陷入困境
• packet switching    封包交換

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소포, 한 다발
v. tr. - 소포로 하다, 다발로 하다

idioms:

• catch a packet    크게 다치다, 혼쭐나다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 包み, 束, 小包, 大金

idioms:

• packet switching    パケット交換

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رزمه, صفطه (فعل) يحزم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סכום נכבד, חפיסה, חבילה‬
v. tr. - ‮ארז ב-‬

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