packrat

n : any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of

western North America; hoards food and other objects

[syn: {pack rat}, {trade rat}, {bushytail woodrat}, {Neotoma

cinerea}]

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)