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When uploading a big file through a router, does the computer throttle itself in how many bits it sends per second to be exactly the internet speed? Or does it send it all at once? If so, how does the router know how to process an enormous file that was sent at random intervals?

by /u/elonmusk12345_ in /r/askscience

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