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A common means for (un)related objects to communicate with each other.

Checking to see if an optional protocol method has been implemented

Does anyone know the best way to check to see if an optional protocol method has been implemented. I tried …

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What communication protocol does MySQL use?

For example, when a web-browser connects to a web-server, it uses HTTP for a protocol at the application layer. But …

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What exactly does an MTA do?

This question got me thinking, and I now realize that I don't know anything about the internals of MTAs. What …

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A good serial communications protocol/stack for embedded devices?

After writing several different custom serial protocols for various projects, I've started to become frustrated with re-inventing the wheel every …

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SPDY module for IIS7

My goal is to implement SPDY protocol (a new experimental protocol by GOOGLE) on IIS servers. SPDY is a TCP …

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Why DNS uses UDP as the transport layer protocol?

Why DNS uses UDP as the transport layer protocol?

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How to extend a protocol in Swift

In Swift, how do we define a protocol that extends or specializes a base protocol? The documentation does not seem …

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GWT RPC data format

How does the data format for Google Web Toolkits (GWT) RPC calls look and how are IsSerializable objects transmitted. I …

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How is source port for HTTP determined? Is there ever collision in NAT?

I know that when a HTTP request is made, packets are sent from a seemingly-random high-numbered port (e.g. 4575) on …

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Why a STUN Server Needs Two Different Public IP addresses

I have took a look to STUN Server settings in openfire, and this statement from there: "In order to act …

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