routing

noun — 3 senses

routing

noun

UK /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/ · US /ˈɹutɪŋ/

Etymology From route + -ing.

1

The assignment of a route to anything.

  • the optimal routing of delivery vehicles
2

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Networking, Physical sciences, Sciences A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

Derived terms
hot-potato routing, onion routing, routing leak, routing number, routing slip, source routing

routing

noun

/ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/

Etymology From rout + -ing.

1

A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.

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