Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

default gateway

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: de-fault- -gate-way
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The node in a computer network using the Internet Protocol suite serving as the forwarding host to other networks when no other route specification matches the destination IP address of a packet.

Inflected Forms

default gateways (plural)

Questions

What does default gateway mean?: The node in a computer network using the Internet Protocol suite serving as the forwarding host to other networks when no other route specification matches the destination IP address of a packet.

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