Packer
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{{wiktionary|packer}}
{{wikibooks|Packing & Moving Household Goods}}
'''Packer''' may refer to:
==People==
*Sir [[Herbert Annesley Packer]], a British officer in the Royal Navy
*Sir [[Frank Packer]], father of Kerry Packer
*[[Kerry Packer]], Australian billionaire and media magnate
*[[James Packer]], billionaire, son of Kerry Packer
*[[J. I. Packer]], theologian
*[[Alferd Packer]], cannibal
*[[George Packer]], American journalist and novelist
*[[Boyd K. Packer]], President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
*[[Richard Packer]], British Transport Icon famous for catchphrase "Sock it to Him!"
*[[Douglas Ricardo Packer]], footballer with Juventus F.C.
==Sports teams==
*[[Green Bay Packers]], an American football team in Green Bay, Wisconsin
*[[Anderson Packers]], a former professional basketball team that played for Anderson, Indiana in 3 different leagues, from 1946 to 1951
*[[Chicago Packers]], the former name of the NBA team the Washington Wizards, when they played in Chicago, Illinois for the 1961-62 NBA season
*[[Kansas City Packers]], a Federal League baseball team from 1914 to 1915
==Occupations==
*A [[pack train]] operator (eg [[outfitter]])
*A [[meat packer]]
*A household goods packer for moving; see [[moving company]]
==Other uses==
*A packer is a phallic object worn to simulate male genitals; see [[packing (phallus)]]
*The [[Packer Collegiate Institute]]
*a [[runtime packer]] is a component used to reduce executable sizes. The most common one is UPX (other famouse ones are Aspack, Armadillo, FSG...). However, packers are sometimes used in [[malware]] to evade detection, like Morphine.
== See also ==
* [[Packing]]
* [[Pack]]
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