preface
1. basic network concepts
　networks
　the layers of a network
　the host-to-network layer
　the internet layer
　the transport layer
　the application layer
　ip, tcp, and udp
　ip addresses and domain names
　ports
　the internet
　internet address blocks
　network address translation
　firewaus
　proxy servers
　the client/server model
　internet standards
　ietf rfcs
　w3c recommendations
2. streams
　output streams
　input streams
　marking and resetting
　filter streams
　chaining filters together
　buffered streams
　printstream
　data streams
　readers and writers
　writers
　outputstreamwriter
　readers
　filter readers and writers
　printwriter
3. threads
　running threads
　subclassing thread
　implementing the runnable interface
　returning information from a thread
　race conditions
　polling
　callbacks
　futures, callables, and executors
　synchronization
　synchronized blocks
　synchronized methods
　alternatives to synchronization
　deadlock
　thread scheduling
　priorities
　preemption
　thread pools and executors
4. internet addresses
　the inetaddress class
　creating new inetaddress objects
　getter methods
　address types
　testing reachability
　object methods
　inet4address and inet6address
　the networkinterface class
　factory methods
　getter methods
　some useful programs
　spamcheck
5. urls and uris
6. http
7. urlconnections
8. sockets for clients
9. sockets for servers
10. secure sockets
11. nonblocking i/o
12. udp
13. ip multicast
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