redirect

Definitions

General English

  • verb to send a letter on to another address or a phone call to another number
  • verb to use something in another way
  • verb to send people or vehicles along a route which is different to the usual one

Computing

  • verb to send a message to its destination by another route
  • verb to treat the output of one program as input for another program
  • verb to send something by a different route

Electronics

  • To send through an alternate channel or path, or to otherwise divert from the accustomed destination. For example, to send a message to an alternate recipient when the preferred recipient is not available. Also called reroute.
  • synonymre-route
  • synonymreroute

Information & Library Science

  • verb to send mail to a new address after it has been delivered to the old one

Military

  • verb to make someone travel by a different route

Travel

  • verb to arrange another route for e.g. a plane or coach
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