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A network protocol has to define how:
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all the operations within a network, and also
- how entities outside the network must interact.
Typical network protocols define:
- How data gets from point A to Point B
- How computers and devices communicate, For example:
- How a file is printed on a printer
- How data is transmitted over a telephone line.
Dave Marshall
9/28/2001