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 ## High level approach
 
 For this assignment we developed a new protocol that would be particularly efficient at
-transferring a file over an unreliable connection. The protocol devides the input file
+transferring a file over an unreliable connection. The protocol divides the input file
 into fixed-length "segments", numbers them sequentially, and attempts to transfer them to
 the receiver. It repeatedly retransmits segments that it is not confident that the
-receiever has obtained. The receiever periodically sends batched-acknowledgements that
-list receieved segments. The segments are compressed using state-of-the-art compression
+receiver has obtained. The receiver periodically sends batched-acknowledgements that
+list received segments. The segments are compressed using state-of-the-art compression
 algorithms to ensure expedient delivery. The rate of sending and acknowledgement is
-continuously tuned to optimize for network conditions.
+continuously tuned to optimize for network conditions using coding and algorithms.
 
 ## Challenges
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ We faced many challenges implementing this protocol, such as the following:
 
 ## Testing
 
-Various internal algorithms and datastructures were tested using simple unit tests.  For
+Various internal algorithms and data structures were tested using simple unit tests.  For
 instance, we have unit tests to check that our packet encoding/decoding schemes work
 correctly.