post-office packet
1Post Office Packet Service — Packet can mean a small parcel but, originally meant a parcel of important correspondence or valuable items, for urgent delivery [Oxford English Dictionary Packet : A small pack, package, or parcel. In later use freq.: the container or wrapping… …
2Post Office Ltd — For the UK s mail delivery service, see Royal Mail. Post Office Ltd Type Wholly owned subsidiary Industry postal service Founded 1986 …
3Post Office Code — POCSAG ist eine Abkürzung für Post Office Code Standard Advisory Group. Diese Gruppe hat das am weitesten verbreitete Protokoll für Funkrufdienste entwickelt. Skyper (für Amateurfunk Pocsag umgebaut) Ein Funkrufempfänger (Pager) ist ein kleines… …
4sea post office — noun : a post office maintained on a steamer or packet boat for letters mailed at sea …
5Packet (sea transport) — Packet (sea transport): A Packet service is a regular, scheduled service, carrying freight and passengers. The ships used for this service are called Packet ships or Packet Boats, the seamen Packetmen and the business is called Packet trade. A… …
6Post [1] — Post (v. mittellat. u. ital. Posta, für lat. positio, d. i. Stelle, Stätte, Posten), eine Staatsanstalt, durch welche Briefe u. andere zur Beförderung mit den Transportmitteln der Anstalt geeignete Gegenstände, sowie Personen mit vorausbestimmter …
7Packet switched network — A Packet Switched Network, or PSN, refers to the packet switched networks that existed before the Internet. The history of such networks can be divided into three eras:early networks before the introduction of X.25 and OSI,the X.25 era when many… …
8Packet Switch Stream — In the UK, PSS, was an X.25 based packet switched network, provided by the British Post Office Telecommunications and then British Telecom from 1980, onwards. After a period of pre operational testing with customers (mainly UK Universities and… …
9packet boat — Synonyms and related words: carrier, carrier pigeon, homer, homing pigeon, mail car, mail coach, mail packet, mail train, mail truck, mailer, mailplane, pigeon post, post boat, post car, post coach, post horse, post office car, poster, railway… …
10Packet ship — A packet ship was, originally, a vessel employed to carry Post Office mail packets to and from British colonies and outposts. The captains were generally also able to carry bullion, private goods, and passengers. The ships were usually lightly… …
