Protocols "How to Play Nice"

Where protocols can be used

TCP
- is used for transmission of data from an application to the network.
- breaks data down into IP packets before they are sent, and assemble the packets when they arrive.

IP
- takes care of the communication with other computers.
- sends and receives data packets over the Internet.

HTTP
- communication between a web server and a web browser.
- send requests from a browser to a web server, returning web pages from the server back to the client.

SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol)
- transmission of e-mails.

FTP (File transfer protocol)
- transmission of files between computers.

HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language and is the computer language used to design web pages.