Meanings
nounpacket radio (uncountable)
- uncountableA digital form of radio that uses packet switching to transmit datagrams.
In his lunch break Roman is trying to get the packet radio to work, but they’re over the empty central reaches of Australia where nobody is, least of all a man or woman with ham radio.
2023, Samantha Harvey, Orbital, Jonathan Cape, page 52
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