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routing

American  
[roo-ting, rou-] / ˈru tɪŋ, ˈraʊ- /

noun

  1. the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.

  2. the arranging and scheduling of mail for delivery.

  3. delivery according to scheduled sequence.

Etymology

Origin of routing

First recorded in 1900–05; route + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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It offers a mix of physical and virtual servers; the latter uses DNS routing to obtain IP addresses from other countries.

From Salon

NordVPN’s server load balancing and advanced routing help maintain consistency, while Surfshark’s speed and unlimited device support make it ideal for households and power users.

From Salon

Saudi Arabia has pipelines that allow it to partly circumvent the blockage by routing crude across the peninsula to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Arizona, parts of the Phoenix and Tucson areas have boosted groundwater by routing Colorado River water to basins carved into the desert, where it sinks underground.

From Los Angeles Times

Additional privacy features include a kill switch to prevent data leaks in the event of a VPN connection drop, split tunneling for selective routing and Secure Core servers that route data through privacy-friendly jurisdictions.

From Salon

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