AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is router?
Router: A network device that forwards packets between different networks by choosing the next hop toward each packet's destination address. Your home router connects your local devices to the internet.
Router: an example
Your home router passes your laptop's request from the Wi-Fi network out to your internet provider.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Scheduler
- Secure Shell
- Serialization
- Server
- Signal
- Single instruction multiple data
- Socket
- Solid-state drive
Where you learn it
Router is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.