: one that routes
especially
: a device that mediates the transmission routes of data packets over an electronic communications network (such as the Internet)
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Wes Davis, The Verge, 17 Apr. 2024
This dual-band router, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, can be used in a mesh configuration, resulting in a strong Wi-Fi signal throughout the house.
—Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 15 Apr. 2024
With some exceptions, the IP address (a network address) in a data packet is sufficient to ensure that packet can be delivered anywhere on the Internet by a sequence of other routers operated by service providers and carriers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
The first event, attended by 300 vendors, was run largely by volunteers, who snaked cable through the room and programmed specialized computers called routers, which were just becoming commercially available, to communicate with one another.
—Katie Hafner, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
This includes posing as journalists to send more than 10,000 malicious emails that tracked recipients, compromising email accounts, cloud storage accounts, telephone call records, home routers, and more.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024
Another 2,000 customers bought this Eero mesh Wifi router that promises speedy and secure connectivity in spaces up to 2,000 square feet in size.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
This dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands and speeds up to 1.8Gbps.
—PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
The calibration screen, meanwhile, will load fastest when a cellphone hot spot is in use or a router is in close range.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
Noun
The plans include an Xfinity modem / router combo, and Comcast says there’s no data cap for either.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 17 Apr. 2024
This dual-band router, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, can be used in a mesh configuration, resulting in a strong Wi-Fi signal throughout the house.
—Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 15 Apr. 2024
With some exceptions, the IP address (a network address) in a data packet is sufficient to ensure that packet can be delivered anywhere on the Internet by a sequence of other routers operated by service providers and carriers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2024
The first event, attended by 300 vendors, was run largely by volunteers, who snaked cable through the room and programmed specialized computers called routers, which were just becoming commercially available, to communicate with one another.
—Katie Hafner, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
This includes posing as journalists to send more than 10,000 malicious emails that tracked recipients, compromising email accounts, cloud storage accounts, telephone call records, home routers, and more.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024
Another 2,000 customers bought this Eero mesh Wifi router that promises speedy and secure connectivity in spaces up to 2,000 square feet in size.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
This dual-band Wi-Fi 6 router supports 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands and speeds up to 1.8Gbps.
—PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
The calibration screen, meanwhile, will load fastest when a cellphone hot spot is in use or a router is in close range.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Router.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/router. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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