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Audio Video Interleaved Video  |  1997-10-27  |  12.5 MB  |  240x180  |  15fps  |  55 seconds
Transcription: TCPIP, the Internet Protocol, works like our postal system, only electronically. An electronic message is given an electronic address and mailed from one computer to another. This electronic message may pass through several electronic post offices, called routers, to get to its final destination. However, TCPIP does some creative things to get the electronic message to its destination in a timely fashion. It divides the message up into smaller parts, or packets. It then puts an electronic address on all the packets and sends them on their way. Each packet may take a different route to get to i ...