From: Justin <justin@j-schmitz.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What is a "packet"? Was: Checksum error
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:18:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AD1BEF8.9030709@j-schmitz.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1255259268.126855.5.camel@centar>
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Albert Hopkins wrote:
> 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 would say it is about just to many germans who are translating german
words literally into english and as the the german word for package is
"Paket" they come up with packet.
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Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-11 9:04 [gentoo-user] Checksum error meino.cramer
2009-10-11 9:17 ` Dale
2009-10-11 9:58 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-10-11 11:07 ` [gentoo-user] What is a "packet"? Was: " Albert Hopkins
2009-10-11 11:17 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-10-11 19:21 ` Philip Webb
2009-10-11 19:23 ` Philip Webb
2009-10-12 9:39 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-10-11 11:18 ` Justin [this message]
2009-10-11 11:22 ` Albert Hopkins
2009-10-11 14:55 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-11 15:50 ` Mick
2009-10-11 15:54 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-11 18:57 ` Neil Walker
2009-10-11 17:02 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-10-11 17:37 ` KH
2009-10-11 17:39 ` KH
2009-10-11 20:40 ` Peter Ruskin
2009-10-11 21:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-11 21:25 ` Dale
2009-10-11 21:34 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-11 22:07 ` KH
2009-10-12 2:05 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-10-12 8:09 ` Dale
2009-10-12 9:40 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 10:13 ` Dale
2009-10-12 14:25 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 16:01 ` Dale
2009-10-12 16:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 19:31 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-10-12 20:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 21:23 ` Arttu V.
2009-10-12 19:03 ` [gentoo-user] " pk
2009-10-12 19:17 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 19:06 ` Neil Walker
2009-10-13 11:47 ` Dale
2009-10-11 22:04 ` KH
2009-10-12 1:47 ` Mike Edenfield
2009-10-12 4:15 ` Philip Webb
2009-10-12 9:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-10-11 21:18 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 19:37 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2009-10-12 19:58 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-10-12 20:14 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-10-12 20:46 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2009-10-12 20:17 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-13 8:03 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-10-13 8:36 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-13 10:04 ` KH
2009-10-13 10:56 ` Joerg Schilling
2009-10-12 20:13 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-10-12 20:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 21:22 ` Grant Edwards
2009-10-12 22:02 ` KH
2009-10-12 22:37 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-12 23:20 ` Grant Edwards
2009-10-12 23:28 ` Neal Hogan
2009-10-13 0:27 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-13 1:42 ` Grant Edwards
2009-10-14 19:21 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-10-14 19:46 ` Dale
2009-10-12 20:13 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter Humphrey
2009-10-12 20:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-14 14:23 ` Peter Humphrey
2009-10-11 17:36 ` KH
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