Internet Evolution and Components
📌 The internet started with ARPANET in the late 1960s, funded by the US Department of Defense.
🌐 The development of TCP/IP in the 1970s established the foundation for the modern internet.
🏠 The network edge consists of end systems (hosts) like PCs, smartphones, and increasing numbers of IoT devices.
⚙️ Access networks (home, institutional, mobile/5G) physically connect end systems to the first router.

The Network Core and Packet Switching
📦 Data is broken down into small chunks called packets, which travel independently and are reassembled at the destination.
🚀 This packet switching allows simultaneous communications and provides resilience by enabling data rerouting if a link fails.
🔀 Forwarding is the local action of sending a packet from an input link to an output link based on a forwarding table.
🌍 Routing is the global process, using algorithms to determine the most efficient paths between source and destination across the network.

Routing Protocols and Protocols Stack
📢 BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) exchanges routing information between different Autonomous Systems (AS), announcing reachable IP address ranges.
📜 Protocols (TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP) are standard rules governing message formats and exchanges, acting as the "language" of the internet.
🔗 The TCP/IP stack standardizes communication across four layers: Application, Transport (TCP/UDP), Network (IP), and Link Layer.
🔄 Data processing involves encapsulation (adding header information moving down the stack) and decapsulation (stripping headers moving up the stack).

Key Points & Insights
➡️ The internet's robustness stems from packet switching, which allows for dynamic path recalculation when links fail or congest.
➡️ BGP manages global routing decisions by coordinating information sharing between large network operators (ASs).
➡️ The layered TCP/IP stack provides flexibility, allowing changes at lower layers (e.g., switching from wired to wireless) without impacting application layers.
➡️ TCP focuses on reliable, ordered delivery, whereas UDP prioritizes faster transmission with less reliability assurance.

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