Basic Flow with Fred Using a File/Print Server

For this process to work, Fred and Wilma must be able to cause a bunch of bits that sit in memory in one computer to be sent to the other computer. A file is just a bunch of bits. So, imagine that by using a word processing program on a single computer, you can open a file, read the contents, and edit and change the file. Similarly, if you can send the same bits in that file to another computer across the network, you or someone else can edit the file by using the same word processing program on that computer. So, for a network to work, the network needs to be able to get a bunch of bits from one computer to another.