Network Communication

Broader: computing

Roles: endpoint, connection, protocol, message, address, port, session, handshake

The exchange of data between separate computing systems over a network. Network communication involves establishing connections between endpoints, negotiating protocols, and transmitting messages according to agreed-upon rules. The domain borrows heavily from physical communication metaphors — sockets, ports, handshakes, channels — because the fundamental problem (two distant parties need to exchange information reliably) maps directly onto older human communication challenges. As a target domain, it inherits vocabulary from maritime trade, telephony, postal systems, and social interaction.

As Target Frame (2)

• travel → Network Port
• tool-use → Network Socket