
Originally Posted by
mindz
That isn't very accurate. But so are the many definitions and analogies given in this thread. However, there is in fact a piece of hardware that acts like what you have described perfectly ... it's called a bridge. A router however, to put it simply ... routes.
To the topic starter, if you were actually serious about learning, you'd use the internet which contains a wealth of information about pretty much anything. I'd begin with
www.wikipedia.org ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router