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sutchwon [2015-11-05 12:42] majasutchwon [2016-08-09 18:28] maja
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 Article by Nik Gaffney for the Time's Up Newsletter, October 2000 Article by Nik Gaffney for the Time's Up Newsletter, October 2000
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 most networking technologies present an interface to a specific level of network protocols. eg an ethernet packet sniffer, mail program, web browser etc. sutChwon attempts to provide network abstractions and/or communication on 4 distinct layers (which are, of course, interdependent and non standard). most networking technologies present an interface to a specific level of network protocols. eg an ethernet packet sniffer, mail program, web browser etc. sutChwon attempts to provide network abstractions and/or communication on 4 distinct layers (which are, of course, interdependent and non standard).
  
-the network layer; in which the computers exchange, and manage the exchange of packets of data. +  * the network layer; in which the computers exchange, and manage the exchange of packets of data. 
-the syntactic layer; in which quantifiable information about the data is exchanged. eg. what format the data is in, where it is (and where its going), what protocols are being used, node response times, connection reliability, transmission times, etc. easily crunched numbers.+  the syntactic layer; in which quantifiable information about the data is exchanged. eg. what format the data is in, where it is (and where its going), what protocols are being used, node response times, connection reliability, transmission times, etc. easily crunched numbers.  
 +  * the interpretation layer; in which the information collected and exchanged on the syntactic layer is analysed and/or organised to be presented in a human readable form. user level interaction with the connected systems would most often occur on this level. 
 +  * the conversation layer; in which humans talk about guinea pigs (amongst other things).
  
-the interpretation layer; in which the information collected and exchanged on the syntactic layer is analysed and/or organised to be presented in a human readable form. user level interaction with the connected systems would most often occur on this level. 
-the conversation layer; in which humans talk about guinea pigs (amongst other things). 
 it is often useful and in fact necessary to be able to access several layers of abstraction from the basic tcp or udp layer, as well as several protocols. it is often useful and in fact necessary to be able to access several layers of abstraction from the basic tcp or udp layer, as well as several protocols.
  
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