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Network Programming (830 words) |
 | Network problems arise, as the name indicates, in applications that can be represented as the flow of a commodity in a network. |
 | Given a directed network of roads that connects two cities and the capacities of these roads, find the maximum number of units (cars) that can be routed from one city to another. |
 | Given a directed network with upper and lower capacities on each of its arcs, and given a set of external flows (positive or negative) that need to be routed through this network, find the minimal cost routing of the given flows through this network. |
| Embedded.com - Network Processor Programming (5111 words) |
 | A network processor is used in a network traffic manager, which occupies the space between a network interface and a switch fabric in a switcher/router. |
 | The network processor is said to operate in the data plane and the GPP is said to operate in the control plane. |
 | Some network processor vendors consider C++ language support unimportant given the small quantity of code that runs on the PE and the architectural sacrifices that would have to be made to conform to a C++ programmer's model. |