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noun
- 1. a disorderly retreat of defeated troops: "the retreat degenerated into a rout"
- 2. an assembly of people who have made a move toward committing an illegal act which would constitute an offense of riot. dated
verb
- 1. defeat and cause to retreat in disorder: "in a matter of minutes the attackers were routed"
Routing definition: the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.. See examples of ROUTING used in a sentence.
the process of sending information from one computer system to another: Cisco began by making the routing devices that direct traffic on the Internet. TRANSPORT, NATURAL RESOURCES. the process of creating a particular path for vehicles to travel, or for an oil or gas pipeline to follow:
Routing is the process of selecting a path for traffic in a network or between or across multiple networks. Broadly, routing is performed in many types of networks, including circuit-switched networks, such as the public switched telephone network (PSTN), and computer networks, such as the Internet. In packet switching networks, routing is the ...
A router is a piece of network hardware responsible for forwarding packets to their destinations. Routers connect to two or more IP networks or subnetworks and pass data packets between them as needed. Routers are used in homes and offices for setting up local network connections.
1. a. : to defeat decisively or disastrously. the discomfiture of seeing their party routed at the polls A. N. Holcombe. b. : to put to precipitate flight. c. : to disorganize completely : demoralize. 2. : to drive out : dispel. rout. 3 of 5.
A routing protocol is a set of rules that specify how routers identify and forward packets along a network path. Routing protocols are grouped into two distinct categories: interior gateway protocols and exterior gateway protocols.
Routing is the process of selecting and defining paths for IP-packet traffic within or between networks as well as the process of managing network traffic overall. Explore routers. Why is routing so important? A large autonomous network or the internet may present thousands of possible routes between destinations.