an agreed upon format that allows two devices to communicate. Simply a set of rules to follow
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State the first protocol rule
1) handshaking, where two devices establish their ready to communicate.
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State the second protocol rule
how the sending device will indicate that it has finished sending a message
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State the third protocol rule
how the receiving device will indicate that it has received a message
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State the fourth protocol rule
type of error checking to be used
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State the fifth protocol rule
agreement on the data compression method to be used.
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What is HTTP?
hypertext transfer protocol.
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When is HTTP used?
used for transferring multi-media web pages over the Internet. Used when downloading web pages.
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What is FTP?
File transfer protocol
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When is FTP used?
used when copying a file from one location to another over the Internet. Typically used when uploading large files. It allows broken communication to resume and restart.
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What is TCP?
transmission control protocol
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When is TCP used?
used to allow data packets to be sent and received between different types of networks.
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What is IP?
internet protocol
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What is IP used for?
used for setting out the format of the data packets and uses IP addressing system.
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Card 2
Front
State the first protocol rule
Back
1) handshaking, where two devices establish their ready to communicate.
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