Packet may refer to:
* A small container or pouch
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Packet (container)
A packet is a small bag or pouch, made from paper, foil, plastic film or another type of packing material, often used to contain single-use quantities of foods or consumer goods such as ketchup or shampoo. Packets are commonly opened by making ...
, a small single use container
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Cigarette packet
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Sugar packet
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Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
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Packet radio
In digital radio, packet radio is the application of packet switching techniques to digital radio communications. Packet radio uses a packet switching protocol as opposed to circuit switching or message switching protocols to transmit digital dat ...
, a form of amateur radio data communications using the AX25 protocol
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Packet trade
Generally, packet trade is any regularly scheduled cargo, passenger and mail trade conducted by ship. The ships are called "packet boats" as their original function was to carry mail.
A "packet ship" was originally a vessel employed to carry post ...
, regularly scheduled cargo, passenger, and mail trade conducted by ship
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Packet boat, type of boat used for scheduled mail or passenger service
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C-82 Packet, a U.S. military transport aircraft
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Packet Newspapers
Packet Newspapers (Cornwall) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Newsquest media group, which publishes the ''Packet'' series of weekly tabloid newspapers.
The series is named after the Falmouth Packet service, which commenced operati ...
'', British newspaper group
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Package (disambiguation)
Package may refer to:
Containers or Enclosures
* Packaging and labeling, enclosing or protecting products
* Mail, items larger than a letter
* Chip package or chip carrier
* Electronic packaging, in electrical engineering
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Pack (disambiguation)
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Kit (disambiguation)
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MacGuffin - A plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or another motivator popularized in the 1930s by
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
: "Taken from a story about two men on a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh, that's a MacGuffin'. The first one asks, 'What's a MacGuffin?'"
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