... an organization to centralize its computer system and allows users to access the facilities of a large computer system via desktop computers." (Bandyo-padhyway, 2000:157) It could be said that network architecture is, in theory, a model for the set-up of a network. "To help deal with this complexity, network designers have developed general blueprints - usually called a network architecture - that guide the design and implementation of networks." (Peterson & Davie, 1996:29) Protocols, in the networking sense, could be considered as sets of rules or procedures that control how a message is sent from sender to receiver and all the factors involved in this process. "A protocol is a set of rules or conventions which govern the way a message is transmitted from the sender to the receiver passing through a number of steps and via a number of network elements." (Bandyo-padhyway, 2000:178) Finally, a distributed network/system is where ...

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