This document discusses data networking concepts for developers. It provides overviews of firewalls, load balancers, caching, data flow mapping, and application performance monitoring. It explains why understanding these concepts is important for building applications with multi-tier architectures, RESTful APIs, and service-oriented architectures. Specific topics covered include packet filtering, access control lists, network address translation, load balancing algorithms, caching strategies, and using tools like New Relic for transaction tracing and performance monitoring.