Deep dives into CS topics that complement the book.
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Why you should focus on the data you uniquely own
You're behind NAT. Your colleague is behind NAT. Neither has a public IP. So how does video data flow directly between you? A pugilistic account of STUN, hole punching, and a clever fallback called TURN.
Press a key and your CPU jumps to attention. It saves everything it was doing, handles your keypress, then resumes exactly where it left off. This is how hardware demands attention.
API stands for Application Programming Interface. Learn the API definition in computer science, plus examples from functions, operating systems, and web APIs.
The Domain Name System is responsible for the website names we all know and love.
TCP is the reliable, ordered byte-stream protocol used by much of the Internet. Here's what TCP does, how delivery works and where the guarantees stop.
UDP is a lightweight protocol on the Internet transport layer. It's the unsung hero of the streaming economy!
In which the Internet is explained by analogy to a children's game.
Protocols are the fundamental concept underpinning computer networking.