What Is a Router

question 4

Multiple Choice

What is a router?

• A) Occurs when the sending computer divides a message into a number of efficiently sized units called packets, each of which contains the address of the destination computer
• B) An intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination
• C) Refers to the geometric arrangement of the actual physical organization of the computers and other network devices) in a network
• D) A model for applications in which the bulk of the back-end processing, such as performing a physical search of a database, takes place on a server, while the front-end processing, which involves communicating with the users, is handled by the clients

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