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Unlike [[routing]], bridging makes no assumptions about where in a network a particular address
is located. Instead, it depends on [[broadcasting (networks)|broadcasting]] to locate unknown devices. Once
a device has been located, its ___location is recorded in some fashion so as to
preclude the need for further broadcasting.
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the [[spanning tree (networks)|spanning tree]] algorithm to built a loop-free network
topology by selectively disabling network segments.
This allows [[broadcasting (networks)|broadcasting]]
to occur simply by copying packets;
the tree structure insures that loops will
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