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Protocol Testing?

DZone

What Is Protocol Testing? Protocol Testing is a method of checking communication protocols in the domains of Switching, Wireless, VoIP, Routing, etc. The primary goal of protocol testing is to check the structure of packets that are sent over a network using protocol testing tools. Types of Protocols.

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Real user monitoring vs. synthetic monitoring: Understanding best practices

Dynatrace

These development and testing practices ensure the performance of critical applications and resources to deliver loyalty-building user experiences. Because pre-production environments are used for testing before an application is released to end users, teams have no access to real-user data. What is synthetic monitoring?

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For June 29th, 2018

High Scalability

slivym : FPGAs in industry are used for a very small number of specific applications: Smart NICs, Early stages of wireless networks (5G whilst the standards are being hammered out), military (where you need high performance with no consideration of cost), and embedded, Prof Video (where the custom I/O is essential).

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DROAM - Dreaming about Cheap Data Roaming - All Things.

All Things Distributed

One wireless company for example has an international plan that will charge you $25 per month for 50MB after which they will charge you $20 per MB. Some friends brought me into contact with Phillip Attore in Amsterdam who was running a Beta test for a new business: rent a mifi device for a few dollars a day with 50MB per day included.

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Measuring The Performance Of Typefaces For Users (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

How would we test to see if there is any difference between a good sans serif and a serif typeface with users? This diversity adds to the difficulty and complexity of defining and testing typefaces. For a proper test setup you would need to modify one parameter while keeping every other parameter unchanged.

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Notes on 'It's a Write/Read Mobile Web'

Tim Kadlec

Both consumption and creation process were tested by timing how quickly people could complete their tasks. For example, shears are tested with people who have arthritis. Reducing 23 inputs to 11 for Boingo Wireless signup increased conversions by 34% and 53% decrease in sign-up time. If they can comfortably sheer, anyone can.

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Fallacy #5: Topology doesn't change

Particular Software

Some protocols can run afoul of this changing topology — even something simple, like a wireless client disconnect. If one of these clients is on a wireless connection that gets interrupted, the client proxy continues to exist. Ultimately, this comes down to testing. Don't wait until your system is in production to blow up.