Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hot-potato routing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: hot-pota-to rout-ing
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of routing network traffic in which packets are forwarded to any available neighbour immediately as opposed to being buffered until the optimum path to the destination is usable.

Uncountable

Etymology

From hot potato, a game in which an object is passed on as soon as it is received, + routing.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

deflection routing

Questions

What does hot-potato routing mean?: A style of routing network traffic in which packets are forwarded to any available neighbour immediately as opposed to being buffered until the optimum path to the destination is usable.
Where does hot-potato routing come from?: From hot potato, a game in which an object is passed on as soon as it is received, + routing.

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