On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 11:58 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > sometimes upstream changes a packet without renaming it
This got me thinking. I've been hearing the word "packet" used a lot lately to describe software. I always think "is this a new thing or did they mean 'package'? I tried doing my own investigation. Googling "software packet" returns mostly software about network monitoring. Googling "software package" returns just what you'd expect. Yet I've heard a few people lately describe software as a "packet". Did these people phonetically mis-hear "package" as "packet"? Is this something new? Sometimes I think to correct these people but perhaps I'm the one who needs correcting?
