... Recombining is the reverse of splitting, so that several connections are combined into a single one for the layer above. Multiplexing and splitting (and their reverses, demultiplexing and recombining) ... for existing and future standards, reporting to the board of the Internet Society. After all that, what happened during the shuffling? Almost from the beginning, the Internet was defined as ... demultiplexing and recombining) are different in the manner in which the lines are split. With multiplexing, several connections combine into one in the layer below. With splitting, however, one connection...