Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In carpentry, a sash-plane made like a spokeshave, to work on sashes.
- In woodworking, to cut away, or cut out, as material below a general surface, leaving some parts, figures, or designs in relief; rout.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
- noun A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.
- noun (Mach.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
routes ordirects items from one location to another. - noun telecommunications Any device that directs packets of information using OSI layer 3 (network layer) information.
- noun Internet A device that connects
local area networks to form a largerinternet by, at minimum, selectively passing thosedatagrams having a destinationIP address to thenetwork which is able to deliver them to their destination; anetwork gateway . - noun electronics, electronic design automation In
integrated circuit orprinted circuit board design, analgorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules. - noun A
power tool used incarpentry for cuttinggrooves . - noun A
plane made like aspokeshave , for working the inside edges of circularsashes . - noun A
plane with a hooked tool protruding far below thesole , for smoothing the bottom of acavity . - verb To hollow out or cut using a router power tool.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery
- noun a power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves
- noun (computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks
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Examples
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Gentle Reader – the router is the preferred power tool of the ambitious amateur woodworker.
The Autobiography of Mister Litlove « Tales from the Reading Room 2009
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On a large network, an up-to-date routing table enhances network performance, because the router is always aware of the optimal path to use when sending packets.
RIPVersion 2001
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Indicates if this router is the Designated Router or the Backup Designated
show ospf 2001
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With Telcel if you dig around you can find a wireless router, it probably works similar to the T-Mobile router from the States.
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However, the router is only available in certain areas.
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With Telcel if you dig around you can find a wireless router, it probably works similar to the T-Mobile router from the States.
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However, the router is only available in certain areas.
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With Telcel if you dig around you can find a wireless router, it probably works similar to the T-Mobile router from the States.
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However, the router is only available in certain areas.
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With Telcel if you dig around you can find a wireless router, it probably works similar to the T-Mobile router from the States.
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Sources formerly close to the church say Sebastian is likely what is known in the community as a “body router,” typically a young, attractive staffer who is assigned to stand outside the Church of Scientology Information Center, hand out literature, and invite passersby into the building to learn more about the church.
How TikTok Accidentally Created a Scientology Heartthrob Ej Dickson 2024
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The researchers wanted to find a way to do the seemingly impossible — to give the military the benefits of a global, high-speed communications network without exposing them to the vulnerabilities of the metadata that the network relied on to operate.Enter Onion routing. Onion routing has undergone many changes and refinements over the years, but the basic principle has remained the same: The routing information used to navigate the internet is first hidden under three layers of encryption, like a Russian doll. It is from these layers that onion routing gets its name. This “onion” of routing information is then sent into a network of onion routers: servers, or relays, located around the world that bounce the traffic around and between themselves. Each of these relays decrypts a layer of encryption to reveal the address of the next server in the network, until the final server reveals the destination of the traffic and makes a connection to the target web service. None of them can see both the origin and the destination of the traffic.
The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy The MIT Press Reader 2025
ruzuzu commented on the word router
"In carpentry, a sash-plane made like a spokeshave, to work on sashes."
--Cent. Dict.
November 1, 2012