Computer Network Protocols

Question 1

Ethernet

Answer 1

A family of relayed protocols providing the basics of communication over a LAN.

Question 2

Wi-Fi

Answer 2

Family of related protocols providing the basics of wireless communication.

Question 3

TCP

Answer 3

Provides an error free transmission between 2 routers.

Question 4

UDP

Answer 4

• Uses a simple connectionless transmission model.
• Alternative to TCP but has no error checking.
• Used to send short messages called datagrams.
• Much less reliable than TCP.

Question 5

IP

Answer 5

• Routes packets across a wide area network.
• Along with TCP makes up the TCP/IP stack.

Question 6

HTTP

Answer 6

A client server method of requesting and delivering HTML web pages.

Question 7

HTTPS

Answer 7

• Encryption and authentication for requesting and delivering HTML web pages.
• Used when sensitive messages needs to be transferred.

Question 8

FP

Answer 8

Used for sending files between computers, usually on a wide area network.

Question 9

SMTP

Answer 9

Sends emails to an email server.

Question 10

IMAP

Answer 10

Used by mail clients to manage remote mail boxes and retrieve email from a mail server.