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 ## MV3500 Distributed Simulation Fundamentals Course
 
-This course project contains a variety of original assets for [assignments](assignments), [examples](examples), [presentations](presentations), and [specifications](specifications).
+An introduction to distributed communications in simulation applications. 
+Topics covered previously this quarter include introduction to the TCP/IP protocol stack, 
+socket communications including TCP/UDP unicast/multicast; and essential protocol design issues.
+Follow-on emphasis is Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) Protocol application programming, 
+with side looks at High Level Architecture (HLA). Course activity focuses on creation and testing 
+of network programming network code and web-browser applications.
+
+This course archive contains a variety of original assets for [assignments](assignments), [examples](examples), [presentations](presentations), and [specifications](specifications).
 
 Key course sites:
 * [MV3500 Course Syllabus](https://gitlab.nps.edu/Savage/NetworkedGraphicsMV3500/-/raw/master/MV3500DistributedSimulationSyllabus2023MarchJune.pdf)