Internet Protocols
Protocols are agreed set of rules used by the Internet to transfer data between electronic devices. Some internet protocols are:
- Transmission control protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)- is the protocol suite. Other protocols in this are: transmission control protocol (TCP), User datagram protocol(UDP), simple mail transfer protocol(SMTP),network file system(NFS),serial line internet protocol(SLIP),point-to-point protocol (PPP)
- Hypertext transfer protocol (http)-
- Eables user to enable and user transfer and retrieval of files
- File transfer protocol (FTP)- embedded in most computer browsers whereby the internet file is transferred to the electronic device
- Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)- controls how email is sent