Internet is a decentralized network with no single governing body, agency, or company responsible for it. The path is determined by the routing information within devices, such as routers, on the packet's path. When specifying a host to trace, specify either a host's IP address or its Fully Qualified Domain Name . The resulting traceroute will appear within a browser window in a short while, with time delay that depends on where a host is physically located. Credit Section Trace, the program that accepts data from the form, performs tracerouting, and returns results back to the browser, is a CGI program written with the help of a third party library .
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