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TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)


A computer protocol that allows one computer to send the other a
continuous stream of information by breaking it into packets and
reassembling it at the other end, resending any packets that get lost in
the Internet. TCP uses IP to send the packets, and the two together are
referred to as TCP/IP.

• Transmission Control
  ProtocolAn Internet Standard RFC

You can guard against this problem with Internet Explorer's
"conditional comments" feature, which all versions of
Internet Explorer do understand. Unfortunately, conditional
comments are available only in HTML, not in a separate CSS
file. But that's OK, because you can use the conditional comments
to decide whether or not to bring in a separate CSS file
with the link element, like this:

<!--[if !IE]>-->

<link media="only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)"

  rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="iphone.css"/>

<!--<![endif]-->

Key REST principles


Most introductions to REST start with the formal definition and background. I’ll defer this for a while and provide a simplified, pragmatic definition: REST is a set of principles that define how Web standards, such as HTTP and URIs, are supposed to be used (which often differs quite a bit from what many people actually do). The promise is that if you adhere to REST principles while designing your application, you will end up with a system that exploits the Web’s architecture to your benefit. In summary, the five key principles are:


• Give every “thing” an ID
• Link things together
• Use standard methods
• Resources with multiple representations
• Communicate statelessly