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redirection

redirection

1 4.1
Sending data, requests, or program output to a different place on computers and networks
  • noun
  • /ˌriːdaɪˈrɛkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : redirección
  • It's possible that the redirection steps steal search juice.

Examples

  • At the corporate office, we use folder redirection and offline files, but these folks seldom connect to the network.

    Blog text (6)

  • Everything that looks promising is just a scam redirection to a site that promotes the JBP scheme.

    Blog text (9)

  • The web redirection on Election Night of 2004 went a step beyond this:

    Blog text (1)

  • This last statement takes care of the actual redirection.

    Blog text (30)

  • This is made with an automatic redirection from "root domain": http://mydomain.com/ to "language".

    Blog text (31)

  • It can also be designated for future decoder redirection.

    Academic text (1996)

  • With such shortcuts to LAN addresses, no resolution takes place, just a redirection. And this can be to anything (internal name or IP address).

    Blog text (32)

  • Researchers at SpohoLabs tested Bing and other search engines for a reported two weeks, taking notes on incidents involving malware and redirections.

    Blog text (32)

  • The web server implemented a redirection that automatically sends users to the updated page.

  • In programming, achieving redirection of input/output streams is essential for data handling.

Synonyms

forwarding
vsredirection
18 3.2

Sending mail or messages to another address

is used for moving data or streams to a different computing destination
channeling
vsredirection
  • US
2 4.2

Directing water, energy or resources along a set path to move them where needed

applies to sending data or requests to another destination in computing
reroute
vsredirection
1 4.2

A change that sends traffic onto a different road

focuses on sending data streams to a different destination rather than changing physical routes

How Redirected

multicast
  • Specialized
2 5.3
redirection
  • Specialized
1 4.1
forwarding
18 3.2

Surface Forms

redirection singular
redirections plural

Morphology

redirection = redirect (transparent) = re + direct + ion

This is the standard noun formed from 'redirect' and refers to the process or result of redirecting in a technical context.

Etymology

Redirection comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' or 'back' and direction meaning 'where something is pointed or sent'. So, in computing, redirection is the process of sending data, commands, or web requests to a different place or address.