COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
LAN WAN AND THE INTERNET
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -A bridge is a network device that connects multiple LANs (local area networks) together to form a larger LAN. The process of aggregating networks is called network bridging. A bridge connects the different components so that they appear as parts of a single network.
Detailed explanation-2: -A bridge or LAN switch is a device that interconnects two or more Local Area Networks (LANs) and forwards packets between these networks. There are different terms to refer to a data-link layer interconnection device: • The term bridge was coined in the early 1980s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Bridge: A bridge is a device that connects two segments of the same network. The two networks being connected can be alike or dissimilar.
Detailed explanation-4: -A bridge is a layer-2 network connecting device, i.e., it works on the physical and data-link layer of the OSI model. It interprets data in the form of data frames.