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Sending Data from A to B across the Internet
- A is you home computer
- It is connected by phone lines to an Internet Service Provider
(ISP)
- The ISP is connected to an Internet Access Point
- B is on an local area network at XYZ Computers.
- XYZ has its own Internet Access Point
- The Internet Access Points are connected by a complex
collection of pathways (the Internet)
- Over these pathways a message sent from one access point can
eventually reach any access point
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