Packing

Packing

Packing may refer to:

In Mechanical engineering:
* Packing, also known as an O-ring or other type of Seal (mechanical), a term for a sealing material
* Packing gland is a mechanical term for the groove in which a packing sits.

In Mathematics:
* Sphere packing, a 3-dimensional mathematical problem
* Packing problem, a recreational mathematics approach
* Set packing, a classic computing problem.

Packing may also refer to:
* Backpacking
* Meat packing industry, the process of cutting up a slaughtered animal into saleable products.
* Packing (firestopping), the process of installing backer materials, such as mineral wool in service penetrations
*Packing (phallus), the practice of wearing a phallic object inside the clothing to give the appearance of male genitals
* data compression, as in bit-packing in computers
* Moving company, a business that puts goods into boxes to protect them and to make them easier to carry while in transit
* Tourism
* Concealed carry in the United States the practice of carrying a weapon for self protection
* An autism therapy involving wrapping children in cold wet sheets.

See also

* Pack
* Packer


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