DEFINITION: In telecommunication networks, a bridge is a product that connects a local area network (LAN) to another local area network that uses the same protocol (for example, Ethernet or token ring). You can envision a bridge as being a device that decides
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The ATTO iPBridgeTM 2500C/R/D offers organizations an affordable opportunity to transform SCSI storage devices into network-enabled addressable devices.
BRIDGES DEFINITION (continued): … whether a message from you to someone else is going to the local area network in your building or to someone on the local area network in the building across the street. A bridge examines each message on a LAN, "passing" those known to be within the same LAN, and forwarding those known to be on the other interconnected LAN (or LANs).
In bridging networks, computer or node addresses have no specific relationship to location. For this reason, messages are sent out to every address … Bridges definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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