Making the Net work

Module 2 Section 3 3.2<Tab/>Building the Network IMPs: <Tab/>(Interface Message Processors) group of identical minicomputers forming a <Tab/>sub network in the ARPANET to handle the passing of messages between <Tab/>different host computers. Based on an idea by Wesley Clark. The IMPs' role would be to *<Tab/>Send and receive data *<Tab/&…

…Leonard Klienrock, who had left his razor at a conference and sent a message to Larry Roberts asking him to retrieve it Synchronous communication Communication in which both parties are connected at the same time. Examples are telephone conversations, face-to-face talking, and online chat. See also asynchronous. Asynchronous communication Type of communication in which two parties are not necessarily both connected at the same time, e.g. e-mail, FirstClass conferencing, letter post. (See also synchronous.) ________________________________________