forwarding

n. sending, transferring, dispatching, transmitting, directing onward

v. send, convey; promote; advance; resend an email message that has been received (Computers)

Forwarding may refer to:Call forwarding, a telephony feature which allows calls to one phone number to be forwarded to another numberCisco Express Forwarding, an advanced layer 3 switching technology used mainly on the enterprise core network or the InternetE-mail forwarding, a mechanism by which a mail server sends the emails of one of its user's to another addressForwarding equivalence class, a set of packets with similar or identical characteristics which may be forwarded the same wayFreight forwarding, a service by which an individual or company dispatches shipments via common carriersMail forwarding, a service that redirects mail from one address to anotherPacket forwarding, the relaying of packets from one network segment to another by nodes in a computer networkPort forwarding, the act of forwarding a network port from one network node to anotherRemote call forwarding, a telephony feature that allows call forwarding to be activated remotelyUnicast Reverse path forwarding, a feature of Internet Protocol routers that is used to reduce the risk of customers attacking other Internet hostsMulticast Reverse path forwarding, a technique used in multicast routing to ensure loop free topologiesURL redirection, also called URL forwarding, domain redirection and domain forwarding, a technique that forwards web page visitors to another page, which may or may not be on another domain, depending the purpose of the forwardingTimber forwarding, the transport of logs from the stump to the forest road.
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Noun
1. the act of sending on to another destination; "the forwarding of mail to a new address is done automatically"; "the forwarding of resumes to the personnel department"
(hypernym) transmission, transmittal, transmitting
(hyponym) referral
(derivation) forward, send on
2. the advancement of some enterprise; "his experience in marketing resulted in the forwarding of his career"
(synonym) furtherance, promotion
(hypernym) advancement, progress

Noun
1. the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball team
(hypernym) basketball player, basketeer, cager
(hyponym) Erving, Julius Erving, Julius Winfield Erving, Dr. J
2. a position on a basketball team
(hypernym) position
(member-holonym) basketball team, five
Verb
1. send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; "forward my mail"
(synonym) send on
(hypernym) transport, send, ship
(derivation) forwarding
Adjective
1. at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the stairs"; "forward motion"
(antonym) backward
(similar) guardant(ip), gardant(ip), full-face
(see-also) fore(a)
2. moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the onward course of events"
(synonym) onward
(similar) advancing
3. used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
(antonym) backward
(similar) brash, cheeky, nervy
(see-also) bold
4. of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; "in a forward gear"
(antonym) reverse
(similar) first, low
5. moving forward
(synonym) advancing, forward-moving
(similar) progressive
6. situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the forward part of the ship"
(similar) fore(a)
7. situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"
(similar) front(a)
Adverb
1. at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations)
(synonym) forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard
(antonym) back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards
(classification) dialect, idiom, accent
2. forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward"
(synonym) forth, onward
3. toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward to seeing you"
(synonym) ahead
(antonym) back, backward
4. in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud"
(synonym) ahead, onward, onwards, forwards, forrader
5. near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
(synonym) fore

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Forward
  

(n.)
The process of putting a book into its cover, and making it ready for the finisher.
  

(n.)
The act of one who forwards; the act or occupation of transmitting merchandise or other property for others.
  

<messaging> (verb) To send (a copy of) an electronic mail message that you have received on to one or more other addressees. Most e-mail systems can be configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. Unix sendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's home directory.
A mailing list server (or "mail exploder") is designed to forward messages automatically to lists of people.
Unix manual page: aliases(5).
(2000-03-22)