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brouter

brouter noun: a network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.

Noun

brouter (plural brouters)

  1. A network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.

Forms of brouter

pluralbrouters

Origin of brouter

Blend of bridge + router.

Questions about brouter

What does brouter mean?
Brouter means a network device that acts as both a bridge and a router by routing packets for known protocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.
What part of speech is brouter?
Brouter is a noun.
What is the plural of brouter?
The plural of brouter is brouters.

Words near brouter in the dictionary

  1. Brousseau
  2. Brousson
  3. broussonetine
  4. broussonetines
  5. Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism
  6. brouter
  7. brouters
  8. Brouwer
  9. Brouwer fixed-point theorem
  10. Brouwer's fixed-point theorem
  11. Brouwerian

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