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The amount of overhead associated with sending and receiving data depends upon the devices involved, the domain, and the delivery type. When testing, experiment with different domains (if available), delivery types, and packet sizes to find a good balance of reliability and rapidity.</P>
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For any domain, there may be more than one address format. For instance, the TCP/IP address &quot;geoworks.com&quot; is conveniently human-readable, but cannot be used at the socket level to actually make 