Difference between revisions of "Data Packet"

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The computer's [[IP address]] is like the street address of an apartment building, while the [[port]] number is like the number of a particular apartment within the building.
 
The computer's [[IP address]] is like the street address of an apartment building, while the [[port]] number is like the number of a particular apartment within the building.
  
The [[IP address]] and the [[port]] number together make up an [[internet socket]], which is one of the end-points of a two-way communication flow between specific application processes running on two different devices connected to the Internet.  
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The [[IP address]] and the [[port]] number together make up an internet socket, which is one of the end-points of a two-way communication flow between specific application processes running on two different devices connected to the Internet.  
  
 
==Packet Forwarding and Packet Routing==
 
==Packet Forwarding and Packet Routing==

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