[e2e] What is the meaning of "end-to end"?

[Bob Braden]

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  *> Could you be so kind as to tell me what the meaning of "end-to-end" is?
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  *> My native language is Spanish and I can´t grasp the meaning of the
  *> expression
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  *> Thank you
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  *> Mirela Perusia
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Historically, it has meant "not unicast routing".

Bob Braden