Chapter 2.2: Networking Standards Flashcards
What is a protocol?
It is a highly restricted form of language shared by computers which enables them to communicate with each other.
What is the most important of these protocol?
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
and
Internet Protocol (IP)
usually written as TCP/IP as they operate closely together
What is TCP?
Transmission Control Protocol
What is IP?
Internet Protocol
What does TCP do?
it breaks files into efficiently sized chunks of data, known as packets
it also reassembles the packets into the original file once arrive at their destination
What are packets?
data that are routed between an origin (often a server) and a destination (such as a client) on the internet
Which protocol breaks files into efficiently sized chunks of data, known as packets?
TCP
What does IP do?
it communicates these chunks of data using a technique known as packet-switching
Which protocol communicates chunks of data using a technique known as packet-switching?
IP
Which protocol reassembles packets into original file?
TCP
some important applications of TCP are?
email, file transfer and the web
