Network2/Concept/Bridge

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A bridge is a device that transmits or (perhaps selectively) retransmits signals between two or more otherwise isolated media. Typical examples include solder-points between previously disjoint wires, canals between bodies of water, and access points that bridge wifi and wired media.

Bridges don't modify the payloads of the messages that they're transmitting.