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Internet Architecture and Layered Stack
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Core design principles: layering, encapsulation, end-to-end argument, packet switching vs. circuit switching, and the five-layer Internet model (application, transport, network, link, physical).
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Draw and explain the Internet protocol stack; describe how data is encapsulated/decapsulated and how layers provide services to those above; contrast packet- and circuit-switched networks.
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