meaning of stub network
1. stub network A network which only carries packets to and from local hosts. Even if it has paths to more than one other network, it does not carry traffic for other networks. See also backbone, transit network. stubroutine /stuhbroo-teen/ [contraction of "stub subroutine"] Tiny, often vacuous placeholder for a subroutine that is to be written or fleshed out later. [Jargon File] STUDENT D. G. Bobrow 1964. Early query system. Sammet 1969, p. 664. Student PL/I