different between redirect vs redirectable

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English

Etymology

re- +? direct

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

redirect (third-person singular simple present redirects, present participle redirecting, simple past and past participle redirected)

1. (transitive) To give new direction to, change the direction of.

2. (transitive) To instruct to go, inquire, elsewhere.
3. (computing, transitive) To substitute an address or pointer to a new location.
4. (computing) To send to a new location by substituting an address or pointer.

Synonyms

• reorient

Derived terms

• redirection
• hard redirect, soft redirect

Translations

Noun

redirect (plural redirects)

1. A redirection.
2. (law) An examination of a witness, following cross-examination, by the party that conducted the direct examination.
3. (computing) The substitution of one address or identifier for another one, so as to navigate to a different location.

Synonyms

• (legal): redirect examination

Translations

Anagrams

• cedriret, directer, recredit

English

Etymology

redirect +? -able

Adjective

redirectable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being redirected.

   The redirectable output was sent to a printer instead of the screen.