PROTOCOL
PROTOCOL
A protocol is a standard rules that
regulates the operation of devices. It can be defines as the set of rules that
take cares of communication between hardware, software or both.
The
primary protocol of internet is TCP/IP protocol.
1. HTTP ( Hyper Text Transfer Protocol): It is a protocol that is used to
display information on the World Wide Web. Its main purpose is to provide a way
to display and retrieve HTML pages. It is a request/ response protocol between
clients and server. In this ‘http’ mean some document over internet and ‘https’
mean some secure document over internet.
2. FTP( File Transfer Protocol): It is a client server protocol that
helps in transferring or exchanging files between client and server. It may be
authenticated with usernames and passwords. Transferring files from client node
to server is known as uploading while transferring files from server to client
node is known as downloading.
Generally FTP uses port no 20 and 21.
FTP is also known as RFC959, RFC
stands for Request For Comments.
3. TCP/IP ( Transmission Control
Protocol/ Internet Protocol): It is a set of rules governing communications among all the
computers onn internet. TCP/IP is a combination of two separate protocols TCP
and IP.
IP
standard dictates the logistics of packets sent over network.
TCP ensures reliable transmission of
data across connected network.
TCP/IP was developed in 1978 and driven
by Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf.
4. IMAP( Internet Message Access
Protocol): It is a
standard email protocol that stores email messages on a mail server and allows
a user to view and manipulate the messages as if they were stored locally on
the user’s computer.
5. SMTP ( Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol): It is a
TCP/IP protocol that is used in sending and receiving e-mail. It is usually
used with one of two other protocols POP3 or IMAP since it has limited ability
to queue messages at the receiving end.
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