packer
pack·er [ ˈpa-kər]
[ˈpa-kər]
1 : one that packs: such as a : one engaged in processing food (such as meat) and distributing it to retailers
b : an automotive vehicle with a closed body and a compressing device (as for compacting rubbish) in the rear
3 : one that conveys goods by means of a pack
Recent Examples on the Web
//The apps’ use of Android packers and the unusual method of hiding advertisements adds a level of complexity for security researchers.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Google Play apps with 1.5 million downloads drained batteries and slowed devices," 29 Aug. 2019
//By changing the entire structure and flow of an APK, such packers can obfuscate the true behavior of an Android app.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Google Play apps with 1.5 million downloads drained batteries and slowed devices," 29 Aug. 2019
//So citizens quietly put the war pods toward other uses: sheltering livestock, accommodating back-packers, vending tasty snacks.
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Laura Mallonee, WIRED, "Cold War–Era Bunker Mania Forever Altered Albania," 23 July 2019
//In the past three decades, the top four steer and heifer packers in our country have expanded their market share to 85%.
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Cory Booker For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "Cory Booker: A handful of companies make most of our food. We need to end big food mergers," 25 July 2019
//The pickers and packers were workers in the distribution centers who would pick and pack opioid orders.
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Author: Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz, Steven Rich, Anchorage Daily News, "Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic," 20 July 2019
//Symantec has seen the custom version of Mimikatz and the custom packer used only a handful of times, and each one of them was in campaigns company researchers attributed to Turla.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "Nation-sponsored hackers likely carried out hostile takeover of rival group’s servers," 20 June 2019
//For the over-packer, a roomier duffle bag may be the right investment; try a monogrammed style that doubles as a status item, like Bella, who was recently spotted carrying a vintage style by Louis Vuitton in a Takashi Murakami–drawn cherry print.
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Vogue, "Is the Airport Your Runway? Meet 4 Travel Bags That Marry Fashion and Function," 23 Apr. 2019
//All Inclusive A packer, cook and crew will haul you into the backcountry, then stay to treat you to a relaxing wilderness vacation.
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David Ferry, San Francisco Chronicle, "The best way to see Yosemite? From the back of a mule.," 26 Apr. 2018
First Known Use of packer
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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More Definitions forpacker
: a person or company that prepares and packages products and sends them to people or stores