Hypertext Webster Gateway: "package"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Package \Pack"age\, n.
1. Act or process of packing.
2. A bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a
parcel; as, a package of goods.
3. A charge made for packing goods.
4. A duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods
imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were
the sons of aliens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
package
n 1: a collection of things wrapped or boxed together [syn: {bundle},
{packet}, {parcel}]
2: a wrapped container [syn: {parcel}]
3: (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules
and associated documentation pertaining to the operation
of a computer system and that are stored in read/write
memory; "the market for software is expected to expand"
[syn: {software}, {software system}, {software package}]
[ant: {hardware}]
v : put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: {box}] [ant: {unbox}]
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