packet vs tray

packet

noun
  • A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel 

  • Synonym of package (“male genitalia”) 

  • 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). 

  • A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet. 

  • A plastic bag. 

  • A large amount of money. 

  • A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia). 

verb
  • To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. 

  • To make up into a packet or bundle. 

  • To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. 

  • To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent. 

tray

noun
  • A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. 

  • A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay) 

  • A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging. 

  • The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled. 

  • The items on a full tray. 

  • A notification area used for icons and alerts. 

  • A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations. 

verb
  • to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria. 

  • to place (items) on a tray 

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