pocket

n 1: a small pouch in a garment for carrying small articles

2: an enclosed space [syn: {pouch}, {sac}, {sack}]

3: a supply of money; "they dipped into the taxpayers' pockets"

4: a hollow concave shape made by removing something [syn: {scoop}]

5: a saclike structure in any of various animals [syn: {pouch}]

v 1: put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change" [syn: {bag}]

2: take unlawfully [syn: {bag}]

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)