| LC control no. | sh2006000147 |
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| Topical heading | Routing (Computer network management) |
| See also | Computer networks--Management |
| Found in | Work cat.: Paz, I.M. Advances in optimal routing through computer networks, 1977. Routing basics, via WWW, Jan. 4, 2006 (Routing is the act of moving information across an internetwork from a source to a destination. Along the way, at least one intermediate node typically is encountered ... Routing involves two basic activities: determining optimal routing paths and transporting information groups (typically called packets) through an internetwork. In the context of the routing process, the latter of these is referred to as packet switching) Wikipedia, via WWW, Jan. 4, 2006 (Routing -- Routing is a means of selecting paths in a computer network along which information should be sent. Routing directs forwarding, the passing of logically addressed packets from their source toward their ultimate destination through intermediary nodes, called routers) Dictionary of computing, 1996 (routing -- The procedure used to determine the route taken by a packet in a packet switching computer network) Webopedia online computer dictionary for computer and Internet terms and definitions, Jan. 4, 2006 (Routing -- In internetworking, the process of moving a packet of data from source to destination ... [I]t enables messages to pass from one computer to another and eventually reach the target machine. Each intermediary computer performs routing by passing along the message to the next computer. Part of this process involves analyzing a routing table to determine the best path) |
| Not found in | Dictionary of computer science, engineering, and technology, 2001; Dictionary of computer and internet words, 2001; Freedman, A. The computer glossary, 1998 |
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