
1) Network device
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1) Computer network component 2) Computer networking device 3) Computer-network device 4) Durable racehorse 5) Furrowing tool 6) Groove-making tool 7) Hollowing tool 8) Home-office device 9) LAN-Internet link 10) Milling machine 11) Milling tool 12) Network component 13) Network item 14) Network need
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1) Tool
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• (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.) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the ...
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A network device connecting two networks,
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functional unit that establishes a path through one or more computer networks NOTE - In OSI conforming computer networks, a router operates at the network layer.
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A woodworking tool used to rout out (hollow out) an area in the face of a piece of wood.
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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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A special network system for directing network traffic.
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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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Horse that performs well at longer distances.
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A device which connects at least two computer networks and sends data from one to the other
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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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an electronic device that connects two or more networks and routes incoming data packets to the appropriate network.
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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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An intelligent internetworking device. Used to bind the various networks that make up the Internet together.
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A special-purpose computer (or software package) that handles the connection between 2 or more Packet-Switched networks. Routers spend all their time looking at the source and destination addresses of the packets passing through them and deciding which route to send them on.
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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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(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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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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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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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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noun a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves
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A device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected to at least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and its ISP�s network. Routers are located at gateways, the places where two or more networks connect. Routers use headers and forwarding tables to determine the best path for forwarding the packets, and they use ...
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A device that forwards packets between networks according to the rules of a network layer protocol such as DDP and information it has gathered during its service concerning the structure of the internet.
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