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Hub vs. Router — What's the Difference?

Hub vs. Router — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hub and Router

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Hub

Boston, Massachusetts. Used with the.

Router

A power tool with a shaped cutter, used in carpentry for making grooves for joints, decorative mouldings, etc.

Hub

The center part of a wheel, fan, or propeller.

Router

A device which forwards data packets to the appropriate parts of a computer network.

Hub

A center of activity or interest; a focal point
Hollywood is the hub of the US movie industry.
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Router

One that routs, especially a machine tool that mills out the surface of metal or wood.

Hub

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

Router

One that routes, especially one who prepares shipments for distribution and delivery.

Hub

A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed, or diverted.
Hong Kong International Airport is one of the most important air traffic hubs in Asia.

Router

A device in a network that handles message transfers between computers.

Hub

A central facility providing a range of related services, such as a medical hub or an educational hub.

Router

See gateway.

Hub

(networking) A computer networking device connecting several Ethernet ports. See switch.

Router

Someone who routes or directs items from one location to another.
The router directed the movement of the company's trucks.

Hub

(surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.

Router

(telecommunications) Any device that directs packets of information using the equivalent of Open Systems Interconnection layer 3 (network layer) information. Most commonly used in reference to Internet Protocol routers.

Hub

A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.

Router

(Internet) A device that connects local area networks to form a larger internet by, at minimum, selectively passing those datagrams having a destination IP address to the network which is able to deliver them to their destination; a network gateway.
The router was configured to forward packets outside of a certain range of IP addresses to its internet uplink port.

Hub

(US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
A hub in the road

Router

In integrated circuit or printed circuit board design, an algorithm for adding all wires needed to properly connect all of the placed components while obeying all design rules.

Hub

(video games) An area in a video game from which individual levels are accessed.

Router

A power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves.
He made an attractive edge on the table with a router.

Hub

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.

Router

A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.

Hub

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

Router

A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity.

Hub

A screw hob.

Router

To hollow out or cut using a router power tool.

Hub

A block for scotching a wheel.

Router

A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes.

Hub

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.

Router

A machine with a rapidly revolving vertical spindle and cutter for scooping out the surface of wood or metal, as between and around the engraved parts of an electrotype.

Hub

The hilt of a weapon.

Router

A worker who routes shipments for distribution and delivery

Hub

A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.

Router

(computer science) a device that forwards data packets between computer networks

Hub

A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.

Router

A power tool with a shaped cutter; used in carpentry for cutting grooves

Hub

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

Hub

A screw hob. See Hob, 3.

Hub

A block for scotching a wheel.

Hub

The central location within which activities tend to concentrate, or from which activities radiate outward; a focus of activity.

Hub

A large airport used as a central transfer station for an airline, permitting economic air transportation between remote locations by directing travellers through the hub, often changing planes at the hub, and thus keeping the seat occupancy rate on the airplanes high. The hub together with the feeder lines from remote locations constitute the so-called hub and spoke system of commercial air passenger transportation. A commercial airline may have more than one such hub.

Hub

The city of Boston, Massachusetts referred to locally by the nickname The Hub.

Hub

The central part of a car wheel (or fan or propeller etc) through which the shaft or axle passes

Hub

A center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve;
The playground is the hub of parental supervision
The airport is the economic hub of the area

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