∙ NET1, NET2, and so on. combination of hardware (e.g., a network adaptor) and software(e.g., a network device driver).
Ethernet or Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) protocols.
∙ Internet Protocol (IP). Interconnection of multiple networking technologies into a single, logical internetwork.
∙ Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP): end-to-end protocols,
TCP - reliable byte-stream channel UDP - unreliable datagram delivery channel.
∙ Application protocols, FTP, TFTP (Trivial File Transport Protocol), Telnet (remote login), and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, or electronic mail), enable interoperation of popular applications.