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| Switched network used mostly for the telephone system and optical networks |
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| Used for the majority of computer networks, the nodes within this type of network sends discrete blocks of data |
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| The nodes on the inside which implement a network |
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| A node that is connected to two or more networks, it forwards messages from one network to another |
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| When the source node wants to send a message to a single destination node |
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| When the source node wants to send a message to all the nodes on the network |
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| When the source node wants to send a message to some subset of nodes on the network but not all |
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| When a system resource is shared among multiple users |
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| Synchronous time division multiplexing (STDM) |
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| Time is divided into equal size pieces for each user flow then turns are taken in a round robin fashion |
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| Frequency division multiplexing (FDM) |
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| Each flow is transmitted on its own frequency |
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| Much like STDM, but each data flow is transmitted on demand |
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| The complete piece of data to be transmitted and is constructed of packets |
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| The process that requests access to a file |
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| The process that supports access to a file |
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| The abstract objects that make up the layers of a network system |
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| request-reply protocol (RRP) |
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| Guarantees every message sent by one side is received by the other side and that only one copy of each message is delivered |
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| Message stream protocol (MSP) |
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| Needs to ensure that the messages that are delivered arrive in the same order in which they were sent |
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| Host to host the protocol (HHP) |
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| Provides a host to host connectivity service |
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| Partitioning of network functionality into 7 layers: physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, and application |
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| Handles the transmission of raw bits over a communications link |
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| Collects a stream of bits into a frame |
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| Handles routing among nodes within a packet switched network |
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| Provides a namespace that is used to tie together the potentially different transport streams that are part of a single application |
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| Concerned with the format of data exchanged between two peers |
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| Includes HTTP and is what enables web browsers to request pages from web servers |
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