< networking > /root/ The sequence of hosts , routers , bridges , gateways , and other devices that network traffic takes, or could take, from its source to its destination. As a verb, to determine the link down which to send a packet , that will minimise its total journey time according to some routeing algorithm .
You can find the route from your computer to another using the program traceroute on Unix or tracert on Microsoft Windows .
(2001-05-26)