Word: packetizing
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...phone, but instead of hooking it up to a jack, you connect it to a small modem-like box that in turn is hooked up to your cable modem or DSL line. The device translates between the home phone and the broadband connection, transforming your voice into data packets and sending it along the Web. Internet phone service treats a phone call just like e-mail or any other packet of data. Some Web phone services use private Internet connections, but Vonage uses the public Web, so phone calls travel alongside messages, digital photos and online shopping orders. Traditional phone...
...alternative is being a "mule," smuggling heroin into the U.S. That involves swallowing packets of the drug (62 of them in her case) in Colombia and excreting them once she has cleared customs in El Norte. It's ugly work (you may want to avert your eyes while she is endlessly swallowing the drugs)--and dangerous too. If a packet breaks, the heroin will kill the carrier. But, of course, the money is great--thousands of dollars for a week's unpleasantness, enough to lift Maria's fractious family out of poverty and pay for the birth of the baby...
...packet also offers tracking of ad performance and consultation on “effective placements to reach the goals of your campaign...
...website’s info packet offers advertisers the chance to “expose your product, service, or recruitment effort to thousands of college students, alumni, faculty, and staff throughout the country...
...packet also offers the option of targeted advertising. For a higher fee, advertisers would be able to target ads to certain members based on 16 different parameters, including college, age, political views, sexual orientation and others...