091011 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Paket = packet ; Paket = package Oh dear ! -- English calls such words 'false friends' ! My German-English dictionary (Langenscheidt) suggests E 'package' = G 'Pack', while E 'packet' = G 'kleines Pack' or 'Päckchen'.
In English, a 'packet' calls to mind something in an envelope, eg a letter; 'package' brings a picture of something tied up with string, ie a parcel. In computer English, a 'package' is eg Gentoo's 'app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5-r1'; a 'packet' is a fragment of a file sent through the Internet, different packets possibly taking different routes to their destination, where they are reassembled into the complete file. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
