===== Network Appliance =====
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**Network Appliance** is a type of computing appliance that aids in the flow of information to other network-connected computing devices. Services that may be provided by a network appliance include [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:firewall|firewall]] functions, caching, [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:authentication|authentication]], network address translation and IP address management.

Source: [[https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/network-appliance ]]


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