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Re: router types

2002-02-13 10:50:03
 In your previous mail you wrote:

   I *guess* you're joking, but...

=> no, Christian is right and the term was very successful in France.
    
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Christian Huitema 
[mailto:huitema(_at_)windows(_dot_)microsoft(_dot_)com]
   
   Actually, the name is "brouteur", from the French verb "brouter",
   to browse - the herbivore action of eating grass, not the web
   variation. A "broute[u]r" is a device that is peacefully munching at
   your data, like a cow in a pasture.
   
Regards

Francis(_dot_)Dupont(_at_)enst-bretagne(_dot_)fr

PS: (:-)



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