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 | + | 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== | ||
