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    Maybe it's just a Message in all cases. Does it need to be different? Commented Feb 10, 2019 at 22:29
  • Some places speak of servers sending down-stream messages to clients and clients sending up-stream messages to the server. However, Josph is right, both are messages. Commented Feb 11, 2019 at 6:51
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    Given there are only two parties in involved in the communication, and a single message can only go one way, distinguishing either the originator or the recipient seems redundant. Call it a message. Commented Feb 11, 2019 at 10:14