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What is TCP header and describe the purpose of each field?

Published on April 19, 2010 By Raj

A TCP segment consists of a TCP header, TCP options and the data that the segment transports. Following table represents a TCP header and it’s fields. The fields of TCP header are source port and destination port of a application, 32 bit sequence number, 32 bit acknowledgement number, TCP header length, 6 reserved bits, 6 [...]

What is an Internet protocol (IP) and its importance in data delivery system.

Published on April 17, 2010 By Raj

TCP/IP protocol suite consists of Internet protocol which is used for data delivery over network. Remaining protocols TCP, UDP and ICMP in the TCP/IP protocol suite uses the Internet protocol to deliver the data from one host to another host. This associates with the network layer of OSI reference model. The network layer is heart [...]

What is client server model and how TCP/IP helps in communication networks?

Published on April 16, 2010 By Raj

Model which is used to design software for network use is called client server model. A network connection is required between two computers or programs that talk to each other. Network application will be divided into client side and server side in this model. The client side requires information or services and server side responds [...]