router

Meaning

Noun

1. Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
2. 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. 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.

Verb

to hollow out or cut using a router power tool.

Synonyms

adjudicator

broker

chaser

dealer

factor

fixer

go-between

intercessor

middleman

miller

missionary

negotiator

sender

transactor

transmitter

intermediator

fomite

influence peddler

wood router

Translations

routeur

enrutador

Router

roteador

encaminador

router

router

router

δρομολογητής

direccionador

router

encaminador

Oberfräse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹuː.tə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From route + -er.