Standards and protocols

Standards and protocols

1. Standards

   • Keep things the same easier to understnad
   • Products in ICT use there own language making it easier to understnad and communicate between them.
   • Having standards mean that the minimun specification is met, more relaiable for cusotmer
   • They are set by the BSI and ISO

2. Protocols

   • The way a device can do somthing in an instrucutional order.
   • Transmiosion control protocol/internet protocol. (TCP/IP)
     • This defines how signals are sent across the internet and enable internet user to communicate with each other.
   • Simple mail; trnasfer protocol (SMTP)
     • This governs the sending of emials so that a device wil be able to send siccessfully an emial to another device.
   • Point-to-point protocol (PPP)
     • These standards are how two computers that are connected directly speak to each other.
     • Often used in ADSL connections where it needs an ISP