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A client and server need to exchange information via messages. TCP and UDP provide the transport mechanisms to do this. The two processes also need to have a protocol in place so that message exchange can take place meaningfully. A protocol defines what type of conversation can take place between two components of a distributed application, by specifying messages, data types, encoding formats, and so on. This chapter looks at some of the issues involved in this process and gives a complete example of a simple client-server application.
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Newmarch, J. (2017). Application-Level Protocols. In: Network Programming with Go. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2692-6_5
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