A bridge can be used to connect networks, typically of different types.

As a result they built railways which would connect productive networks.

The point-to-point bridges are used to connect distant, wireless networks to each other.

"You have separate networks, connected to one company's infrastructure but not to the Internet."

The software is intended to help distributed enterprises to connect, secure, communicate and manage enterprise-wide networks.

That allows companies to connect networks that would otherwise be unable to communicate.

Cirrus connects several regional networks with about 32,000 machines of 5,400 banks around the country.

Bridging ties, in contrast, are the ties that weakly connect strong networks of individuals together.

It is often used in cities to connect networks in two or more buildings without installing a wired link.

This can cause problems, however, when organizations try to connect networks that both use the same private address spaces.