Chapter 1. Introducing the Cookbook Network Client
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That blasted CMOS RAM battery! Okay, what time is it? No clocks visible, I'll just call Time. 1-614-281-8211. Ring. "...The time is eight twenty-three and forty seconds." Click. Hurrumph! a.m. or p.m.? Do they expect me to look outside?
The computer you use probably is connected to a network of some kind. It could be a full corporate intranet with firewalls into the Internet; it could be a couple of computers you connected in your spare time. The network connects workstations, servers, printers, disk arrays, faxes, ...
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