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What is traceroute? Mention its uses.
Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool. It helps track the route taken by a packet that is sent across the IP network. It shows the IP addresses of all the routers it pinged between the source and the destination.
 
Uses : 
* It shows the time taken by the packet for each hop during the transmission. 

* When the packet is lost during the transmission, the traceroute will identify where the point of failure is.
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