##  [End-to-End Principle](/end-end-principle) 

  ##  [End-to-End Principle](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/end-end-principle-0) 

  

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Definition

A network-architecture guideline that recommends implementing application-specific functions (especially those requiring application knowledge for correctness) at the communicating endpoints rather than in the intervening network core, so correctness, reliability or policy enforcement is handled where context is available.