Basics 4 min read
User-Server Interaction: Authentication and Cookies
We mentioned above that an HTTP server is stateless. This simplifies server design, and has permitted engineers to develop very high-performing Web…
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safety precautions and watchkeeping 3 min read
How to Prevent Crankcase Explosion on a Ship?
Crankcase explosion is one of the most dangerous reasons that can lead to massive accidents and fires on a ship.…
Basics 9 min read
HTTP Message Format
The HTTP specifications 1.0 ([RFC 1945] and 1.1 [RFC 2068]) define the HTTP message formats. There are two types of HTTP messages, request messages and response messages, both of…
safety precautions and watchkeeping 3 min read
Starting Air Line Explosion on Ships
What are the causes of starting airline explosion on ships? 1. The main cause of starting airline explosion is the leaking…
Basics 7 min read
Non-Persistent and Persistent Connections
HTTP can use both non-persistent connections and persistent connections. Non-persistent connections is the default mode for HTTP/1.0. Conversely, persistent connections is the…
safety precautions and watchkeeping 2 min read
Scavenge Fire on Ships
A scavenge fire can occur when the accumulated oil in the scavenge spaces are ignited by blow past from the combustion…
Basics 7 min read
The World Wide Web: HTTP
In the 1980s the Internet was used by researchers, academics and university students to login to remote hosts, to transfer…
Basics 6 min read
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Networks
Thus far, our focus has been on the Internet and its protocols. But many other existing packet-switching technologies can also…
safety precautions and watchkeeping 7 min read
What is Turbocharger Surging?
Turbocharger surging may be defined as a high pitch vibration of audible level coming from the blower end or compressor…
Basics 7 min read
Internet Backbones, NAPs and ISPs
Our discussion of layering in the previous section has perhaps given the impression that the Internet is a carefully organized…
Basics 8 min read
The Network Edge
In the previous sections we presented a high-level description of the Internet and networking protocols. We are now going to…
Basics 16 min read
Protocol Layers and Their Service Models
From our discussion thus far, it is apparent that the Internet is an extremely complicated system. We have seen that there are…
