Glossary
Technology evolves at a rapid-fire pace. That’s why we’ve built an easy-to-use glossary to help you better understand the terms, technologies and trends that impact your business.Filtering
Process that uses bridges and switches to help reduce the level of congestion on a LAN. A filtering bridge or switch forwards a packet from one LAN segment to another only as required. Packets that are not forwarded by a bridge or switch are said to be filtered.