router
35
3.5
- noun
- /ˈraʊtər/
- Specialized
:
router
- You can adjust the Wi-Fi settings by accessing the router's configuration page through your browser.
- home router
We plugged in our Internet router into this timer.
- We plugged in our Internet router into this timer.
- So if you're buying a new router today, do you buy AC?
- That is not a good place for your wireless router signals.
- I work in sales for a large switch and router manufacturer.
- You can write the brains of you can write the brains of a router or a switch.
- Like you've got nodes that are kind of like routers and maybe edges are kind of like wires.
Examples
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Maybe someone who can fix their own Wi-Fi router wouldn't be too much to ask.
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Oh, good, he got the password off the back of the router.
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I found this new little router, this lovely thing.
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Okay, it's written on the back of the router, though.
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Tap into the building's phone router and ring her office.
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I work in sales for a large switch and router manufacturer.
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We would then get a cable from the VoIP router into here.
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Yeah, we got our own VPN and router.
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I don't know how to reset my router.
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We plugged in our Internet router into this timer.
Synonyms
11
4.6
A device or program that sends and translates data between different networks
A device, program, or service that receives messages and sends them to another place
Compounds
How Capable
- Specialized
11
4.6
- Specialized
35
3.5
123
1.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
6.3
- Specialized
5
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word router comes from the word route, which means 'road' or 'path'. A network router sends data along the best path between computers, just like a road junction sends cars to the right road.