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Primary LanguageJavaScript

TCP Protocol

The Basic

File Descriptor

  • Eveything is a file (Unix philosophy)
  • Basic operations: read, write, open, and close

Socket API

  • A form of file descriptor
  • Using network protocol to communicate between processes
  • Connection between $localAddress:$localPort and $remoteAddress:$remotePort
  • Transmitting data between two clients

TCP Protocol

  • Using socket API to establish connection and trasmit data between two clients

HTTP Protocol

Learn more at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Overview

  • Build on top of the TCP protocol