1. router - Noun
2. router - Verb
A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.
A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA BGP router used only for a network with a single point of entry to the Internet may have a much smaller routing table size (and hence RAM and CPU requirement) than a multihomed network. Source: Internet
A few months later Rudy was talking with a friend about his frustrations making the groove in the bottom of a cane bottom chair using a router plane. Source: Internet
A layer 3 switch accomplishes the same task without the need for a router (and therefore additional hops) by making the routing decision itself. Source: Internet
A directly connected network is a network that is directly attached to one of the router interfaces. Source: Internet
A given router can have some interfaces that are designated (DR) and others that are backup designated (BDR), and others that are non-designated. Source: Internet
After some time, the router was also attached to the Pacific Bell SMDS cloud. Source: Internet