Packing

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Packing may refer to:

• In the moving industry, packing is the process of loading household goods into boxes to make them easier to carry and to protect them while in transit during relocation services. Sometimes the term packing also refers to the blanket wrapping of furniture or to the loading of the truck. Moving packers may work for the moving company or as an independent labor service used exclusively for packing and loading one's goods. For more information see the related articles removalist and mover and moving company and the wikibook mentioned below in the External links
• In the travel industry, packing is the process of loading one's possessions into suitcases to make them easier to carry and to protect them while traveling
• See packing problems in mathematics, which are discussed in
• * Sphere packing, a classic treatment;
• * Packing problem, a recreational mathematics approach
• In freediving, packing is a technique used to increase lung capacity by gulping air to "pack" more oxygen into the lungs. Packing is very difficult to master, and can be very dangerous and painful
• In the meat packing industry, it is the process of cutting up a slaughtered animal into saleable products
• In computer science, packing is sometimes used as a synonym for compression. See e.g. Meridian Lossless Packing
• Packing is also a short form of backpacking
• Packing also refers to the sexual practice of wearing a strap-on dildo under clothing; see Packing (sexual practice)
• Packing has also been heard as a euphemism for an erection or having a weapon, such as a gun, concealed somewhere on one's body
• Packing can refer to a material that is designed to prevent or prohibit leakage. Often on a valve
• In American Politics, packing concentrates one group’s voters in the fewest possible districts, so they cannot influence the outcome of races in others

See also

• Pack

External links

• [Learn To Move] - A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Moving for DIY moving.
• [Moving Company Guides] - A listing of moving services guides and tips.

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