September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
13h 16m
English
Preciseness of expression is of utmost importance in dealing with network protocols. Any misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the specifications may lead to mistakes in the implementation; and mistakes in the implementation may cause interoperability problems or lead to network unavailability. Given the commercial and overall social relevance of computers and networks, the ramifications of these mistakes may be severe.
Although natural languages such as English, Turkish, or Hindi are appropriate for expressing the overall characteristics of the protocols, because of their very nature they are open to different interpretations, and therefore to misunderstanding. For that reason, it is not rare ...
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