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How to pronounce “packet”

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Pronunciation guide for packet

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of packet with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Innovatorsand then how did the internet or digital packet switch networks
Definition summary: A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel

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The Innovators

and then how did the internet or digital packet switch networks

[Noun]
A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel
(nautical) 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 (Wikipedia).
(botany) A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.
(networking) A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia).
(networking) A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol.
(networking) A message sent over a transport layer protocol.
(South Africa) A plastic bag.
(slang) Synonym of package (“male genitalia”).
(informal) A large amount of money.
[Verb]
(transitive) To make up into a packet or bundle.
(transitive) To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
(intransitive) To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
(transitive, Internet) To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.