# Packet

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{{wiktionary|packet}}

'''Packet''' may refer to:

* A small container or pouch
** [Packet (container)](/source/Packet_(container)), a small single use container
** [Cigarette pack](/source/Cigarette_pack)et
** [Sugar packet](/source/Sugar_packet)
* [Network packet](/source/Network_packet), a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
* [Packet radio](/source/Packet_radio), a form of amateur radio data communications using the AX25 protocol
* [Packet trade](/source/Packet_trade), regularly scheduled cargo, passenger, and mail trade conducted by ship
* [Packet boat](/source/Packet_boat), type of boat used for scheduled mail or passenger service
* [C-82 Packet](/source/C-82_Packet), a U.S. military transport aircraft
* ''[Packet Newspapers](/source/Packet_Newspapers)'', British newspaper group

==See also==
* {{look from}}
* {{in title}}
* [Package (disambiguation)](/source/Package_(disambiguation))
* [Pack (disambiguation)](/source/Pack_(disambiguation))
* [Kit (disambiguation)](/source/Kit_(disambiguation))
* [MacGuffin](/source/MacGuffin) - A plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or another motivator popularized in the 1930s by [Alfred Hitchcock](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock): "Taken from a story about two men on a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh, that's a MacGuffin'. The first one asks, 'What's a MacGuffin?'"

{{disambiguation}}

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