Introduction

Overview

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Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate your understanding of basic networking concepts

• State the definition of the term server hardware

• State the definition of the term server application

• Describe the difference between server hardware and a server application

• State the definition of the term client application

• List and describe the different ways in which server applications and client applications can be physically and logically distributed

• Describe the properties of a multi-tiered application

• State the definition of the terms protocol, port, packet, datagram, TCP/IP and UDP

• Demonstrate your understanding of Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

• Demonstrate your understanding of how InputStreams and OutputStreams are used to transfer data between network applications

• Describe the purpose and use of Sockets