When a user sends a message to another user on the Internet or another TCP$/$IP network, the message is first decomposed into packets. The packets are then sent from the client to the network server. At the destination address, the packets are reassembled into the original message.

$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ is the unique string of numbers that is assigned to a device connected to the Internet.

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An Internet Protocol $($IP$)$ address

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A uniform resource locater

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The Domain Name System $($DNS$)$

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The hypertext transfer protocol