Small packages or containers, often for single servings or portions. In computing, units of data transmitted over networks.
From pack + diminutive suffix -et, meaning small pack. Originally referred to small bundles or packages, later extended to data transmission units.
The internet essentially works like a postal system where your email is torn into tiny packets, each mailed separately and reassembled at the destination. These data packets can take completely different routes yet arrive to rebuild your original message perfectly.
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