Network

Question 1

What is the TCP/IP protocol?

Answer 1

It is the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol which enables communication over the internet.

Question 2

What is the HTTP/HTTPS protocol?

Answer 2

The HTTPS protocol is the hypertext transfer protocol.this protocol governs the communication between a webserver and a client. The S in HTTPS stands for secure, this allows for transactions to be made over the internt.

Question 3

What is the FTP Protocol?

Answer 3

FTP stands for file transfer protocol. This protocol governs the transmissions of files across a network and the internet.

Question 4

What is SMTP?

Answer 4

SMTP is the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. This governs the transmission of files across a network to a mail server.

Question 5

What is POP/IMAP?

Answer 5

Post Office Protocol and Internet Message Access Protocol governs retrieving emails from server. POP is older and is now replaced by IMAP.

Question 6

What is the Application?

Answer 6

This encodes/decodes the message in a form that is understood by the sender and the recipient.

Question 7

What is the network layer?

Answer 7

The network layer add’s the sender’s IP address and that of the recipient. The network then knows where to send the message and where it came from.

Question 8

What is the data link layer?

Answer 8

This layer enables the transfer of packets between nodes on a metwork, and between one network and another.