While the age-old concept of the network is foundational in virtually all areas of society, computer networks and protocols have forever changed the way humans will work, play and communicate. Forging powerfully into areas of the people lives that no one had expected, digital networking is further empowering users for the future. New protocols and standards will emerge, new applications will be conceived and the people lives will be further changed and enhanced. While the new will only be better, the majority of digital networking’s current technologies are not cutting-edge, but rather are protocols and standards conceived at the dawn of the digital networking age that have stood solid for over thirty years.