English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'ɹu:t�/ (meanings 1, 3, 4), IPA|/'ɹa�t�/ (meaning 2) italbrac|UK
IPA|/'ɹa�t�/, SAMPA|/raUt3r/ italbrac|US
audio|en-uk-router.ogg|Audio (UK)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�t�(r)|-a�t�(r)
Etymology
to route#Verb|route + -er
Noun
en-noun
- Something or someone that routes or directs items from one location to another.
#: The Router directed the movement of the company's trucks.
- A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
#: He made an attractive edge on the table with a router.
- context|Communications Any device that directs packets of information using OSI layer 3, network layer, information.
- internet A device that connects LAN|local area networks to form a larger internet by, at mimimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination.
#: The router was configured to forward packets outside of a certain range of IP addresses to its internet uplink port.
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Translations
trans-top|Something or someone that routes or directs items from one location to another
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trans-top|A power tool
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trans-top|Any device that directs packets of information using OSI layer 3
Icelandic: beinir m
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trans-top|A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet
Finnish: reititin
French: routeur
Greek: διανομÎαÏ� m
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Icelandic: beinir m
Portuguese: roteador m
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See also
wikipedia|wood router
Internet firewall
French
Etymology
route + -er#French|-er
Noun
router
- to route#Verb|route
Related terms
routage
routeur
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