Protocols

Question 1

What is TCP?

Answer 1

Transmission Control Protocol
Breaks data into small packets to be sent across the Internet, puts packets in correct order at the end receiving the data. Also it can check if all packets have made it to the end, if not it is resent.

Question 2

What is IP?

Answer 2

Internet Protocol

Provides an addressing scheme that is used to identify individual computers/networks on the Internet

Question 3

What are example of Mail Protocols?

Answer 3

SMTP,
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
POP3,
Post Office Protocol

Question 4

What do Mail Protocols do?

Answer 4

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol – used to send mail
Post Office Protocol – used to receive mail
Both use TCP to manage transmission

Question 5

What is HTTP?

Answer 5

Hypertext transferring protocol

Used to transmit and transfer HTML files

Question 6

What is HTTPS?

Answer 6

Secure protocol

Used for secure connections

Question 7

What is FTP?

Answer 7

File Transfer Protocol

Used to copy files from one computer to another over a network connection.