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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rout  \Rout\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Routed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Routing}.] 
  To  break  the  ranks  of  as  troops,  and  put  them  to  flight  in 
  disorder;  to  put  to  rout. 
 
  That  party  .  .  .  that  charged  the  Scots,  so  totally 
  routed  and  defeated  their  whole  army,  that  they  fied. 
  --Clarendon. 
 
  Syn:  To  defeat;  discomfit;  overpower;  overthrow. 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  routing 
 
    The  process,  performed  by  a  {router},  of 
  selecting  the  correct  interface  and  next  {hop}  for  a  {packet} 
  being  forwarded. 
 
  See  also  {Exterior  Gateway  Protocol},  {Interior  Gateway 
  Protocol}. 
 
  (1994-12-14) 
 
 




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