Package may refer to:

Containers or Enclosures

Packaging and labeling Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of designing, evaluating, and producing packages. Packaging can be described as a c ...

, enclosing or protecting products *

Mail The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letter (message), letters, and parcel (package), parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid ...

, items larger than a letter * Chip package or

chip carrier In electronics, a chip carrier is one of several kinds of surface-mount technology packages for integrated circuits (commonly called "chips"). Connections are made on all four edges of a square package; compared to the internal cavity for mou ...

* Electronic packaging, in electrical engineering * Automotive package, in automobile production and marketing *

Package holiday A package tour, package vacation, or package holiday comprises transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator. Other services may be provided such as a rental car, activities or outings during the h ...

, in tourism

Computing

Modular programming Modular programming is a software design technique that emphasizes separating the functionality of a program into independent, interchangeable modules, such that each contains everything necessary to execute only one aspect of the desired functio ...

, a software component *

Java package A Java package organizes Java classes into namespaces, providing a unique namespace for each type it contains. Classes in the same package can access each other's package-private and protected members. In general, a package can contain the foll ...

, a mechanism for organizing Java classes *

Package (package management system) A package manager or package-management system is a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer in a consistent manner. A package manager deals w ...

, a file used by a package management system to install an application or library *

Package (macOS) In the Apple macOS operating system, a package is a file system directory that is normally displayed to the user by the Finder as if it were a single file. Such a directory may be the top-level of a directory tree of objects stored as files, or ...

, a directory hierarchy normally treated as a single object in the Finder in macOS * Package (UML) in the context of UML, which is used to groups elements * Package format, a type of archive containing computer programs and additional metadata

Entertainment and sports

* Movie packaging, in which a talent agency bundles its clients with a film or TV project * ''The Package'' (1989 film), a 1989 American political thriller film starring Gene Hackman * ''The Package'' (2013 film), a 2013 American action film starring Steve Austin and Dolph Lundgren * The Package (''Seinfeld''), an episode of the TV show ''Seinfeld'' * "The Package" (short story), a 1952 short story by Kurt Vonnegut * ''The Package'' (2018 film), an American black comedy film * ''The Package'' (TV series) * The Package (''Lost''), the tenth television episode the television series ''Lost'' *

Formation (American football) A formation in football refers to the position players line up in before the start of a down. There are both offensive and defensive formations and there are many formations in both categories. Sometimes, formations are referred to as packages. ...

, sometimes referred to as "packages" rather than "formations" * Personnel grouping (gridiron football), often called a "(personnel) package", a numeric code denoting the specific offensive skill position players used for a play

Containers or Enclosures

Computing

Entertainment and sports

See also