Industrial Communication Systems

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56.1 Introduction

e Internet and its applications can be seen as an integral part of the actual social development stage.

Without

any

doubt,

the

Internet

has

changed

communication

and

information

retrieval.

is

is

enabled

by

a

rapidly

developing

set

of

technologies

and

easy-to-use

applications,

suitable

for

nearly

all

situations

of

every

day

life.

On

the

other

hand,

the

broad

and

increasing

application

range

has

in

turn

advanced

technology

development.

e

common

and

stable

basis

for

Internet

Applications

is

the

Transmission

Control

Protocol/Internet

Protocol

(TCP/IP)

as

the

general,

always

and

everywhere

available—in

this

sense

ubi

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