More than one source notes that routers and bridges can function as data forwarding devices.[1][2] Another source suggests, in fact, that gateways are a "special type of data-forwarding device".[3]
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^Craft, Melissa (2003). Faster smarter Network+ certification: take charge of the Network+ exam-- faster, smarter, better!. Redmond, Wash: Microsoft Press. p. 88. ISBN978-0-7356-1932-6 – via Internet Archive (hourly borrow).