Router

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. undefined
  • 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. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
  • noun. Any device that directs packets of information using OSI layer 3 (network layer) information.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
  • 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.
  • verb. To hollow out or cut using a router power tool.
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  • 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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