WHAT "STANDARD" MEANS ?



    Agreements must be at many levels ...

  1. How many volts pulse is a 0 and 1?
  2. How to determine the end of a message?
  3. How to handle lost messages?
  4. How many bits for different data types? Integers/Strings, etc.
  5. Are characters coded in ASCII ?
  6. How machines are identified in a network? Names, numbers ?
  7. How to find the way to reach a machine ? How if there are more choices ?
  8. How different applications (and OSs) speaks together through the network ?





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