[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rout \rout\, v. t. imp.  p. p. routed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   routing.
   to break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in
   disorder; to put to rout.
   1913 webster

         that party . . . that charged the scots, so totally
         routed and defeated their whole army, that they fied.
                                                  --clarendon.
   1913 webster

   syn: to defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow.
        1913 webster
see also:
routed routing 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

routing
     
         /row'ting/ using a kind of rotating cutting tool called
        a router, pronounced /row't/.  in the usa a router,
        pronounced /row't/, is also a network device that performs
        "routing".  in the uk, the network device is pronounced
        /roo't/ and what it does is spelled "routeing".
     
        2002-07-31
     
     
see also:
router routeing 

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