Protocols

Protocols

1. TCP/IP

   • Is a standard that defines how to establish and maintain a network conversation via which application programs can exchange data. TCP works with the Internet Protocol (IP), which defines how computers send packets of data to each other

2. HTTP

   • HTTP means HyperText Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands.

3. HTTPS

   • Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a variant of the standard web transfer protocol (HTTP) that adds a layer of security on the data in transit through a secure socket layer.

4. IMAP

   • In computing, the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is an Internet standard protocol used by e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection.

5. SMTP

   • Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard for electronic mail (email) transmission. First defined by RFC 821 in 1982, it was last updated in 2008 with Extended SMTP additions by RFC 5321, which is the protocol in widespread use today.

6. POP

   • (1) POP is short for Post Office Protocol, a protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server.

7. FTP

   • The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network. ... SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is sometimes also used instead; it is technologically different.