packet
/ˈpæk·ɪt/ n [C]Definition
› a small package or envelope, or a collection of things in it: a packet of stamps › A packet is also a piece of information that is exchanged between computers or over the Internet: The device converts speech into digital packets that scatter and reassemble at their destination.
(Definition of packet n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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