Definitions
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- noun computing A
network device that acts as both abridge and arouter by routingpackets for knownprotocols and forwarding all others, as a bridge would.
Etymologies
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Blend of bridge and router
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Examples
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a flower-decked table that seems in point: _Il m'a invité à brouter et je l'ai envoye paître.
Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"
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- A brouter (pronounced BRAU-tuhr or sometimes router combined in a single product.
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