From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MwwHI-0003kz-91 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:07:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AFD8E04D2; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:07:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D08E04D2 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:07:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBE70A414E for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:07:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:07:50 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=subject:from:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=4c5NhtPR4mg1ZWsmBTB1GoK+mNk=; b=Sop+j18BobI8+1AdeelrMR80+j3sfDH1052AqS3jEfmUGKq9YAT42KielPo4ZGcB35LTuwe/Q7cpMyVaVIZazuCG3QKPO0LwTViyVfnp4VjKaeHVeDPUdh4cICEkgZq0SOKYj9Kaq1+NrvgDjoKzRlgkGH7nR651ZAGYiWUMES0= X-Sasl-enc: rGxuEVhccnl/VY6ehZyTBGxXm7N9fcDgnmLdJqHeQbGA 1255259270 Received: from [192.168.31.12] (cpe-024-211-156-075.nc.res.rr.com [24.211.156.75]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4964A6926E for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:07:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What is a "packet"? Was: Checksum error From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200910111158.19246.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> References: <20091011090443.GE21168@solfire> <200910111158.19246.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:07:48 -0400 Message-Id: <1255259268.126855.5.camel@centar> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0e735804-eab6-4cf4-873a-0f71a438dc57 X-Archives-Hash: df3d78666f4591bdd008fc07bcab12c4 On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 11:58 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > sometimes upstream changes a packet without renaming it This got me thinking. I've been hearing the word "packet" used a lot lately to describe software. I always think "is this a new thing or did they mean 'package'? I tried doing my own investigation. Googling "software packet" returns mostly software about network monitoring. Googling "software package" returns just what you'd expect. Yet I've heard a few people lately describe software as a "packet". Did these people phonetically mis-hear "package" as "packet"? Is this something new? Sometimes I think to correct these people but perhaps I'm the one who needs correcting?