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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 as follows:
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 protocol 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.
SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: It is an e-mail protocol for sending e-mail messages across
the Inter
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Write the full forms of the following:
1. HTTPS- ________________________________________________________
2. IMAP- ________________________________________________________
3. FTP- ________________________________________________________
4. TCP/IP- ________________________________________________________
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