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Wi-Fi
Wi–Fi is the most popular wireless communication
technology used for homes, private business LANs and
public hotspots. A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a PC,
video game console, mobile phones or MP3 player can
connect to the Internet when it comes within the range
of a wireless network. Wi-Fi allows us to deploy local
area networks without wires thus reduces the cost of the
network expansion. Wi-fi
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a technology that enables wireless
communication between low-power consumption devices
within a short range (1 meter, 10 meters, 100 meters). It
facilitate for different devices to communicate with each
other when they are in a specified range. The latest version
of bluetooth, Bluetooth 5.0 technology provides data
transfer speed up to 2 Mbps.
Bluetooth
It provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as mobile phones,
telephones, laptops, printers, personal computers, GPS receivers (Global Positioning System)
through 2.4 GHz short range radio frequency bandwidth.
PROTOCOL
Protocol is a set of rules that governs the communication between the computers on a network.
Certain network protocols and standards are to be followed in order to ensure that your computer
can communicate with another computer over a network.
Different types of protocols used for different operations on the Internet are:
HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol: It is a set of rules that defines how the Web pages
transfer information like document, file, image, video between computers over Internet.
HTTPS – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure: It is secure version of HTTP. The information
is converted into code to prevent unauthorised access. Nowadays, most of the websites uses
the HTTPS protocol instead of HTTP.
FTP – File Transfer Protocol: It is a set of rules that allows file uploading and downloading
from the other computers over the Internet.
TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol: It is a network protocol
that defines how the information or messages are routed from one end of a network to
the other.
POP3 – Post Office Protocol Version 3: It is an Internet standard protocal that allows e-mail
clients to retrieve e-mail messages from an e-mail server.
IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol: It is an e-mail protocol that stores e-mail
messages on a mail server and allows the user to view, access and manipulate the messages
on the mail server from their computer.
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