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process of selecting paths in a data communications network
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routing

Summary

routing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (543 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • routing is a type of process[2].
  • routing's Commons category is recorded as Routing[3].
  • routing's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Routing[4].
  • routing's facet of is recorded as data transmission[5].
  • routing's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/routing[6].

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Definition and Type

routing is a type of process[2].

Why It Matters

routing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (543 views/month).[1] routing has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] routing is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → data transmission
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Routing
    Subclass of → process
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23476, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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