Documentation/faq/terminology.rst

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  24 ===========
  25 Terminology
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  28 Q: I thought Open vSwitch was a virtual Ethernet switch, but the documentation
  29 keeps talking about bridges.  What's a bridge?
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  31     A: In networking, the terms "bridge" and "switch" are synonyms.  Open
  32     vSwitch implements an Ethernet switch, which means that it is also an
  33     Ethernet bridge.
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  35 Q: What's a VLAN?
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  37     A: See :doc:`vlan`.