Routing
The process of selecting where a request message or user navigation should be sent.
Plain English
Rules decide which destination handles incoming traffic or navigation.
In context
Routing may happen in clients gateways networks or services and can use paths hosts methods attributes health or policy to choose a destination.
Example
“The API gateway routing rule sends version-two requests to the new service.”
When you'll hear this
- system design
- network configuration
- application development
Common misunderstanding
Routing determines a destination but does not by itself provide authorization reliability or business processing.
Also known as
request routingroute selection
Commonly used by
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Updated: 2026-08-27
