TRANSPORT LAYER
INTRODUCTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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socket
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pipe
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port
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machine
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Detailed explanation-1: -Right answer is (a) socket. Explanation: Socket is one end point in a two way communication link in the network. TCP layer can identify the application that data is destined to be sent by using the port number that is bound to socket.
Detailed explanation-2: -Traditionally, endpoints of a communication network have been the modems, routers, switches and host computers connecting to the TCP/IP network.
Detailed explanation-3: -In computer networking, an Internet socket or network socket is an endpoint of a bidirectional inter-process communication flow across an Internet Protocol-based computer network, such as the Internet.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following computer networks is built on the top of another network? Explanation: An overlay network is a computer network that is built on top of another network. Some examples of an overlay network are Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and Peer-to-Peer Networks (P2P).