Bridge
nounid
1702·updated May 12, 2026candidate
Data link layer device developed in the early 1980s to connect local area networks (LANs) or create two separate LAN or wide area network (WAN) network segments from a single segment to reduce collision domains Scope Note: A bridge acts as a store-and-forward device in moving frames toward their destination. This is achieved by analyzing the MAC header of a data packet, which represents the hardware address of an NIC.
Classifications
Entity Type
Network0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- plural
- Bridges
- possessive
- Bridge's
- pluralpossessive
- Bridges'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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).
- §1
- Data link layer device developed in the early 1980s to connect local area networks (LANs) or create two separate LAN or wide area network (WAN) network segments from a single segment to reduce collision domains Scope Note: A bridge acts as a store-and-forward device in moving frames toward their destination. This is achieved by analyzing the MAC header of a data packet, which represents the hardware address of an NIC.
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