Etymology

Noun

1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a packet of letters, a packet of crisps, a packet of biscuits.
2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel.
3. A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks.

Verb

1. To make up into a packet or bundle.
2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
3. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

Verb

1. Imperative plural of packen. Short form: packt