Meaning

Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
2. (telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.
3. (Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.
4. (electronics, electronic design automation) In integrated circuit or printed circuit board design, an algorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules.
5. A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
6. A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
7. A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
8. A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.

Example Sentences

The router directed the movement of the company's trucks.

When the router receives the package, he places the route number on it as well as on the triplicate part of the attached salescheck.

Obviously, the production control department might consist of one man or it might occupy a score of production control experts: routers, schedulers, expediters, and dispatchers.

The system benefits include reduced delivery costs, increased vehicle use, and improved route decision making by dispatchers and routers.

That’s one of the biggest hurdles of managing a router and your network security in general, it’s a massive chore that is fraught with technical jargon, hurdles and screens saying ‘no’, ‘invalid’ or ‘not available’.

The router was configured to forward packets outside of a certain range of IP addresses to its internet uplink port.

He made an attractive edge on the table with a router.

An alternative is shown in which the carcase ends are grooved by routering.

Word Forms

• routers
• routering
• routered

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