router
Use Router in a sentence
tər noun
1.
any of various tools or machines for routing, hollowing out, or furrowing.
2.
Also called router plane. Carpentry. a plane for cutting interior angles, as at the bottom of a groove. See illus. under plane2.
3.
a machine or tool for cutting into or below a main surface, as of a die or engraving plate.
verb (used with object)
4.
to cut with a router.
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World English Dictionary
router1 (ˈraʊtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| any of various tools or machines for hollowing out, cutting grooves, etc | |
| router2 (ˈruːtə) | |
| —n | |
| computing a device that allows packets of data to be moved efficiently between two points on a network | |
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Word Origin & History
router
"cutter that removes wood from a groove," 1818, from rout "poke about, rummage" (1547), originally of swine digging with the snout; a variant of root (v.1).
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Science Dictionary
| router (rou'tər) Pronunciation Key
A device in a network that handles message transfers between computers. A router receives information and forwards it based on what the router determines to be the most efficient route at the time of transfer. |
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Computing Dictionary
router definition
networking/roo't*/ A device which forwards packets between networks. The forwarding decision is based on network layer information and routing tables, often constructed by routing protocols.
Unix manual page: route(8).
See also bridge, gateway, Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol, flapping router.
(1999-08-24)
Example sentences
The spacewalking astronauts are also scheduled to install a new data router today, to replace the one that failed last fall.
The router monitors all network traffic and forwards all packets that are addressed for machines not on the local network.
Before you sign on, you need to have a broadband connection to your home and a home-network router, preferably a wireless one.
When a packet comes into a router, its address information is read.
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