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''Forwarding'' is the relaying of [[packet|packets]] from one [[network
to another by [[node (networking)|nodes]] in a [[packet switching|packet switched]] [[computer network]].
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duplicated and copies sent on multiple links with the goal
of delivering a copy to every device on the network.
In practice, broadcast packets are not forwarded everywhere
on a network, but only to devices within a [[broadcast ___domain]].
Less common than broadcasting, but perhaps of greater
utility and theoretical signicicance is [[multicast|multicasting]],
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