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tags: [networks]
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created: Saturday, August 03, 2024
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# Network protocols
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Protocols are agreed standards specifying and governing communication between
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nodes on a [network](Network_fundamentals.md).
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Network protocols are typically _layered_. The implmentation of a network layer
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is a _stack_.
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Stacks enshrine encapsulation: not every layer has to be directly concerned with
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every other layer. Only adjacent layers that interface with each other need to
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be in contact.
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A prime example of a layered network stack is the
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[internet_protocol_suite](Internet_fundamentals.md).
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