packet
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈpækɪt/
- Specialized
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paquete
- Each packet contains a portion of the message that is transmitted over the internet.
- data packet
- IP packet
- bytes per packet
Wake up on a magic packet is the correct answer.
- Wake up on a magic packet is the correct answer.
- So actually that access point sends that beacon packet out several times a second.
- It is a packet of information.
Examples
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This is the real ping command sending real packets through a real software switch.
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Today, we are going to work on our history packets so, please get them out and work quietly at your desks.
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Essentially, it is a packet just like this.
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I'll send the packet right over.
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The data packet is linking to our network.
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Participants receive a packet that contains the informed consent form and the two instruments.
Academic text (2015) -
Agent 32 Alpha, we are sending a packet.
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And what it does is it sends a packet with the FIN bit set.
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And each of these nodes has a queue of packets waiting to be sent.
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The network became clogged with retransmitted packets while goodput slowed to a trickle.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
A unit of data sent over a network
A small piece of data sent over a network that travels on its own and may arrive out of order
Compounds
- Archaic
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7.5
A boat that carries mail and sometimes people and goods on a regular route
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Packet comes from the word pack meaning 'bundle' plus the small ending -et, so it originally meant a 'small package'. That's why in computing a packet is a small parcel of data sent over a network, like a little package of information.