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Old 10-02-2003, 11:24 PM   #7
juju
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Basically, your computer sends a message to another computer on the internet saying, "Are you there?". If the other computer gets your message, it sends back a reply saying "Yep. I'm here". If it doesn't, then you don't get a response.
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