Definition of Route

Babylon English
route
n. track, path; customary series of stops during a trip; path taken by a data package sent from one point on the Internet to another (Computers)
v. send by a specific route, direct along a particular path; mark a route, chart a course

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Route Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

BTS Transportation Expressions
Route
A defined path, consisting of one or more courses in a horizontal plane, which aircraft traverse over the surface of the earth. (FAA8)
A designated path through a road network. (DOI3)
The course or way which is, or is to be, traveled. (49CFR236)
See also Arterial, Expressway, Freeways and Expressways, Highway, Local Streets and Roads, Road, Roadway.

2K Group Shipping, Trade, Insurance Dictionary
Route
The manner in which a shipment moves, i.e., the carriers handling it and the points via which they handle it.

Shipping Glossary
Route (Rte.)
The manner in which a shipment moves, i.e., the carriers handling it and the points via which they handle it.


Route Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

FOLDOC
route
<networking> /root/ The sequence of hostsroutersbridgesgateways, and other devices that network traffic takes, or could take, from its source to its destination. As a verb, to determine the link down which to send a packet, that will minimise its total journey time according to some routeing algorithm.
You can find the route from your computer to another using the program traceroute on Unix or tracert on Microsoft Windows.
(2001-05-26)

A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology
Route
The path that data travels along moving from its starting point in a Network to its destination.

SAN Acronyms
Route
A path between two switches.

Internetworking Terms
route
The path that network traffic takes from its source to its destination. Also, a possible path from a given host to another host or destination.


Route Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
route
(*) The prescribed course to be traveled from a specific point of origin to a specific destination. See also axial route; controlled route; dispatch route; lateral route; reserved route; signed route; supervised route.
  


Route Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Route
(n.)
The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march.
  

WordNet 2.0
route

Noun
1. an established line of travel or access
(synonym) path, itinerary
(hypernym) line
(hyponym) feeder line
2. an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
(synonym) road
(hypernym) way
(hyponym) access road, slip road
(substance-meronym) pavement, paving
(part-meronym) bend, curve

Verb
1. send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
(hypernym) dispatch, despatch, send off
(derivation) road
2. send via a specific route
(hypernym) send, direct
(derivation) road
3. divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"
(hypernym) divert
(derivation) path, itinerary

The Phrase Finder
Route one
Meaning
A direct no-nonsense means to an end.
Origin
Originated in the direct attacking style of certain UK football teams, notably Wimbledon. A long kick upfield preceded a goalmouth scramble.

hEnglish - advanced version
route

route
\route\ (r&oomac;t or rout; 277), n. [oe. & f. route, of. rote, fr. l. rupta (sc. via), fr. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. see rout, and cf. rut a track.] the course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march. wide through the furzy field their route they take.
route
n
1. an established line of travel or access [syn: path, itinerary]


2. an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation [syn: road]
v 1: send documents or materials to appropriate destinations 2: send via a specific route

3. divert in a specified direction: "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"
4. send by a particular route, as of mail for postal delivery


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 route flapping 
 trunk route 
 en route 
 post route 
 ship route 
 trade route 
 source route 

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
route
bóthar


Route Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

Drugs@FDA Glossary
Route
A route of administration is a way of administering a drug to a site in a patient. A comprehensive list of specific routes of administration appears in the CDER Data Standards Manual.
  


Route Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Telecommunication Standard Terms
route
1. In communications systems operations, the geographical path that is followed by a call or message over the circuits that are used in establishing a chain of connections. 2. To determine the path that a message or call is to take in a communications network. Note: In a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) internet, each IP datagram is routed separately. The route a datagram follows may include many gateways and many physical networks. 3. To construct the path that a call or message is to take in a communications network in going from one station to another or from a source user end instrument to a destination user end instrument. [From Weik '89]

Abbreviation Airbus A340
RTE
Route


Route Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Route
The course or direction that a shipment moves


Route Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
route
iter itineris

Chaucer's Middle English Glossary
route
noun company, group of people


Route Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

american horse racing dictionary
route
Broadly, a race distance of longer than 1 1/4 miles;
usually around two turns

English - Klingon
route
n. He


Route Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

Phobia
Hodophobia
Fear of road travel


Route Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Route
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