picket

n 1: a person employed to watch for something to happen [syn: {lookout},

{lookout man}, {sentinel}, {sentry}, {watch}, {scout}]

2: a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

3: a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place

of work

4: a vehicle performing sentinel duty

5: a wooden strip forming part of a fence [syn: {pale}]

v 1: serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to

protest the lay-offs"

2: fasten with a picket; "picket the goat

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)