What is the purpose of a sniffer?

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1. #detecting
2. #bottlenecks
3. #using
4. #information
5. #traffic
6. #flowing
7. #monitors
8. #lower
9. #manager
10. #common
11. #program
12. #analyzes
13. #industry
14. #network
15. #sniffer
16. #problems
17. #efficiently
18. #usage