Duane Nickull wrote:
> One thing I have trouble with is the use of words like "send" WRT to
> an electronic message. Is anything really sent? No - all that
> happens is the voltage at one end point is switched on and off several
> times and the other side detects the voltage switches. Nothing is
> actually sent from one place to another. Can someone actually
> "receive" an electronic message?
What about defining Send as the process/acts of making information
available to another entity. And Receive, the act by which a reciver
ensures that this information ultimatly is made available (when receive
acts culminates or completes)?
By looking at serviece related regulations, the event that corresponds
to when a information/service "is available for processing/acts", is of
key importance.
turning on the philosophical mode.
/anders
