packet

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By taking a look inside each packet of data at the point of entry to a corporation (a network boundary), we can determine if the packet is an IM packet or not, and discard unwanted messages.

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  1. noun A small package or bundle.
  2. noun Informal A sizable sum of money.
  3. noun A boat, usually a coastal or river steamer, that plies a regular route and carries passengers, freight, and mail.
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  • The contents of this packet will be our apology for troubling you with it. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, by Abraham Tomlinson
  • It proves that Urquhart has arsenic in his possession, and by making an official enquiry in France, we can probably find out whether this packet was already in his possession last June. —  Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
  • When A sends this packet out, every machine on the local network receives that packet, but only the device with the MAC address to which the packet is addressed will process the packet. —  Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community
  • Also included in the packet is a form for stores to report suspicious activity to the Sheriff's Office. —  The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum
  • As for dropped calls, its all data in the network, a packet is a packet. —  Discussions: Message List - root
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  1. Middle English pekette, probably diminutive of pak, pack; see pack1.

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  1. Formerly also pacquet (= German packet); from Old French pacquet, paquet, French paquet = Spanish paquete = Italian pacchetto, diminutive of pacque, a pack: see pack.
  2. from packet, n.
 

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