Developer Explains Five Foundational Networking Terms

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A developer is posting a personal interpretation of fundamental network engineering terms on DEV Community, inviting corrections from readers. The terms explained include latency, which is the time taken for a data packet to travel from source to destination. Bandwidth is defined as the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a specific time period. Throughput refers to the actual amount of data successfully delivered without loss. A protocol establishes the rules for how data is transported and communicated across a network.

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