MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Detailed explanation-1: -A router is a physical or virtual appliance that passes information between two or more packet-switched computer networks. A router inspects a given data packet’s destination Internet Protocol address (IP address), calculates the best way for it to reach its destination and then forwards it accordingly.

Detailed explanation-2: -A router is a device that connects two or more packet-switched networks or subnetworks. It serves two primary functions: managing traffic between these networks by forwarding data packets to their intended IP addresses, and allowing multiple devices to use the same Internet connection.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Internet Protocol (IP) is the protocol that describes how to route messages from one computer to another computer on the network. Each message is split up into packets, and the packets hop from router to router on the way to their destination.

Detailed explanation-4: -A router is a networking device that forwards data packets and is connected to two or more data lines from different networks.