A byte is a sequence of bits . Mumakombiyuta ekutengesa, mamwe maitiro emagetsi anotumira uye anogamuchira dhidhiyo nenzira yekutengesa. Izvi zvinonzi mitemo inotungamirirwa neAtete-oriented protocol . Mienzaniso yezvinyorwa zvisiri izvo zvinosanganisira TCP / IP uye telnet .
Kurongeka kwekutsvaga kwakagadziriswa mumagetsi ekutengesa mitambo kunonzi " network network order" . Kukura kukuru kwechikwata chimwechete chekutumirwa kwezvirevo izvi, Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) , inotaridzwawo neyte. Network programmers zvinowanzoshanda pamwe chete nehutachiona hwekutengesa uye MTUs.
Zvinyorwa zvinoshandiswa kwete mukutengesa chete, asiwo zvekombiyuta disks, memory, uye central processing units (CPUs). Munzvimbo dzose dzemazuva ano mitambo, inteti ine zvigaro zvisere. Mamwe mashomanana (kazhinji asina kushandiswa) makombiyuta angashandisa mabhii ehukuru hwakasiyana kune zvimwe zvinangwa.
Kuenzanirana kwechibvumirano mune zvimwe zvikamu zvekombiyuta hakungatevedzeri mutevedzeri wekutengesa. Chikamu chebasa rekubatanidza pasi pakombiyuta yekombiyuta ndechekushandura pakati pemutungamiri wechirongwa chekuita nekugadzira mitemo yepamutemo kana zvichidiwa.