Overview of Network Communications
Despite all its other merits, the rapid embrace of Java by the computing community is primarily due to its powerful integration with Internet networking. The Internet revolution has forever changed the way the personal computer is used, empowering individuals to gather, publish, and share information in a vast resource with millions of participants. Building on this foundation, Java could be the next major revolution in computing.
The Java execution environment is designed so that applications can be easily written to efficiently communicate and share processing with remote systems. The standard Java API within the java.net package provides much of this functionality. As a foundation for this chapter on Java ...
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