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packet radio

packet radio noun: a digital form of radio that uses packet switching to transmit datagrams.

Noun

packet radio (uncountable)

  1. A digital form of radio that uses packet switching to transmit datagrams.
    • In his lunch break Roman is trying to get the packet radio to work, but they’re over the empty central reaches of Australia where nobody is, least of all a man or woman with ham radio.2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 52

Questions about packet radio

What does packet radio mean?
Packet radio means a digital form of radio that uses packet switching to transmit datagrams.
What part of speech is packet radio?
Packet radio is a noun.

Words near packet radio in the dictionary

  1. packet
  2. packet boat
  3. packet boats
  4. packet loss
  5. packet losses
  6. packet radio
  7. packet sniffer
  8. packet sniffers
  9. packet station
  10. packet stations
  11. packet switching

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