Chapter 71. FILE AND MESSAGE TRANSFER OVERVIEW AND APPLICATION CATEGORIES
The purpose of networking applications is to allow different types of information to be sent between networked devices. In the world of computers, information is most often arranged into discrete units called files. When those files are created specifically for the purpose of communication, they are often called messages.
Transferring files and messages between networked computers is the most basic type of network communication. For this reason, it would not be an exaggeration to say that file and message transfer applications may be the most important class of internetworking ...
Get TCP/IP Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
