hot-potato routing

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.

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deflection routing
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Meanings

nounhot-potato routing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenetworksA 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.

    Synonyms: deflection routing

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
deflection routing

Origin

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

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hot-potato routing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot-potato%20routing

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“hot-potato routing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot-potato%20routing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hot-potato routing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hot-potato%20routing.

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