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Routing vs Loopback - What's the difference?

routing | loopback |

As nouns the difference between routing and loopback

is that routing is a method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed while loopback is the routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.

As a verb routing

is present participle of lang=en.

routing

English

(wikipedia routing)

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

* routeing (UK)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms

    loopback

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia loopback)
  • The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.