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Protocols
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- 1EthernetThe protocol used for wired networks
- 2wi-fi.Wi-fi is the protocol for wireless networks
There are two common wi-fi standards:
801.11 – this is what most people mean by “wi-fi” – it’s the standard for wireless networks
Bluetooth – a short range, slower, low power wireless standard, usually used for accessories like earbuds or keyboards - 3TCPTCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is used to put packets together
- 4IPIP is the addressing system used to enable a packet to reach its destination
- 5HTTPHTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) is the standard protocol used for requesting an HTML file from a webserver
- 6HTTPSHTTPS is a secure version of HTTP which encrypts the data before sending it so that it can’t be intercepted along the way.
HTTPS encryption is covered in more detail in the next unit. - 7SMTPSMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the protocol for transferring emails between servers
If you send an email from the school’s mail server, SMTP will be used to transfer it to Gmail’s servers, in order to be read by the recipient - 8FTPFTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for transferring files between two computers
It is commonly used by web developers for uploading their HTML files to their webservers
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- GCSE Computing (unit 5: Communication) FlashCards sobre Protocols, criado por Paige Cosstick em 23-09-2021.
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