Look up: router

1. Router
   Device utilized to route data from one local-area network to another or to a phone line's long-distance line.
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2. Router
   A machine with a vertical, drill-like cutter for cutting designs into wood or for decoratively edging it.
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3. Router
   A network device connecting two networks, details ...
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4. router
   an electronic device that connects two or more networks and routes incoming data packets to the appropriate network.
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5. Router
   In a message switching system, the portion of a node or exchange that examines incoming messages, interprets the address information and determines which of the outgoing links can be used. Usually a computer program that chooses messages from incoming buffers and places them into outgoing message queues.
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6. router
   [n] - a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery 2. [n] - (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks 3. [n] - a power tool with a shaped cutter
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7. Router
   Typically a machine, though it can also be software, that acts as a gateway to provide access to network resources, irrespective of the protocols or operating systems the users use.
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8. Router
   A device which connects two or more networks. It determines where the destination computer is located, and then finds the best way to make the connection.
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9. Router
   A woodworking tool used to rout out (hollow out) an area in the face of a piece of wood.
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10. Router
    (NETWORK GLOSSARY) An OSI layer three device that can decide which of several paths network traffic will follow based upon some metric. Also called a gateway, routers forward packets from one network to another, based on network layer information.
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11. Router
    A special-purpose, network layer device that manages the connection between two or more networks. The device makes decisions about which of several paths the network (or Internet) traffic will follow.
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12. Router
    Hardware/software allowing networks with interoperable lower layers to be interconnected above the Network Layer. Unlike a bridge, which connects above the Data Link Layer, a router is not transparent and must be addressed.
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13. Router
    A communications device that connects two networks, for example a local area network to the Internet. A router sends its traffic by reading the destination addresses of the blocks of data (packets) and deciding on the best route to send them so that they arrive at the correct network address.
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14. Router
    A special network system for directing network traffic.
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15. Router
    A device that connects two or more LANs and operates at OSI Model layers one through three. A router is able to select from among multiple paths to route a data packet through the network based on an address sent with the data.
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16. router
    an electronic device that connects two or more networks and routes incoming data packets to the appropriate network.
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17. router
    an interconnection device that can connect individual local area networks Category: News-systems and communications • a machine with a rapidly revolving vertical spindle and cutter for milling out the surface of wood or metal (as in woodworking or photoengraving). Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
    
    
18. Router
    An intelligent internetworking device. Used to bind the various networks that make up the Internet together.
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19. Router
    A network device that interconnects networks. Routers provide traffic control and filtering functions, they are commonly used to connect a LAN to the Internet.
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20. Router
    Rout'er noun (Carp.) (a) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes. (b) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.
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21. Router
    Rout'er noun (Machinery) A machine with a rapidly revolving vertical spindle and cutter for scooping out the surface of wood or metal, as between and around the engraved parts of an electrotype.
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22. router
    noun a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves
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23. router
    noun a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
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24. Router
    • (n.) A machine with a rapidly revolving vertical spindle and cutter for scooping out the surface of wood or metal, as between and around the engraved parts of an electrotype. • (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity. • (n....
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25. router
    portable electric power tool used in carpentry and furniture making that consists of an electric motor, a base, two handle knobs, and bits (cutting ... [1 related articles]
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