Networking

Networking

1. HTTPS

   • hypertext transfer protocol secure
   • This is a more secure version of HTTP. It encrypts and decrypts web pages and data as it is sent using this protocol.

2. FTP

   • file transfer protocol
   • Allows the transfer of files between computers

3. POP

   • Post Office Protocol
   • The POP3 Protocol is used to retrieve emails from a server. An email server recieves a user`s email client checks the user`s mailbox on the server and downloads any mail using the POP3 protocol.

4. SMTP

   • Simple mail transfer protocol
   • POP3 and IMAP are concerned with the downloading and reading of emails but SMTP governs the sending of emails using a network.

5. IMAP

   • Another email protocol that is used to retrieve email from mail servers. This is a more recent protocol compared to POP.
   • Internet message access protocol

6. HTTP

   • hypertext transfer protocol
   • It allows browsers to communicate with a web server.

7. TCP/IP

   • Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
   • Defines how data is sent and transmitted and received over the internet. Defines four ‘layers’ for the transmission of data.

8. IP address

   • An Internet Protocol address is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication

9. MAC address

   • A media access control address of a device is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications at the data link layer of a network segment

10. Protocols

    • In telecommunication, a communication protocol is a system of rules that allow two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any kind of variation of a physical quantity

11. Topology

    • In mathematics, topology is concerned with the properties of space that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, crumpling and bending, but not tearing or gluing.

12. Mesh Network

    • A mesh network is a local network topology in which the infrastructure nodes connect directly, dynamically and non-hierarchically to as many other nodes as possible and cooperate with one another to efficiently route data from/to clients.