packed

adj 1: filled to capacity; "a suitcase jammed with dirty clothes";

"stands jam-packed with fans"; "a packed theater"

[syn: {jammed}, {jam-packed}]

2: pressed together or compressed; "packed snow"

packet

The unit of data sent across a {network}. "Packet" is a

generic term used to describe a unit of data at any layer of

the {OSI} {protocol stack}, but it is most correctly used to

describe {application layer} data units ("{application

protocol data unit}", APDU).

See also {datagram}, {frame}.

(1994-11-30)