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• File Transfer Protocol (FTP): It is a set of rules that allow file uploading and downloading
from other computers over the Internet.
• Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP): It is a network protocol that
defines how the information or messages are routed from one end of a network to the other.
• Post Office Protocol Version 3(POP3): It is an Internet standard protocal that allows e-mail
clients to retrieve e-mail messages from an e-mail server.
• Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP): 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.
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP): It is an e-mail protocol for sending e-mail messages
across the Internet.
#Digital Literacy
Let’s CatCh Up
Write the full forms of the following:
1. HTTPS- _________________________________________________________________________________
2. IMAP- _________________________________________________________________________________
3. FTP- _________________________________________________________________________________
4. TCP/IP- _________________________________________________________________________________
To Sum Up
The process of connecting computers and peripheral devices with each other for the
purpose of exchange data is called computer networking.
Network refers to an inter-connected group of people, objects, companies, computers,
etc.
There are various types of devices such as Network Interface Card (NIC), Hub, Switch,
Router, Modem, Network Cable and Gateway.
The different types of networks are PAN, CAN, LAN, MAN and WAN.
Topology refers to the geometric arrangement of computers or nodes in a network.
Various types of topologies used in a network are bus, star, tree, ring and mesh.
There are two types of computer network architectures—peer-to-peer network and
client-server network.
Protocol is a set of rules that governs the communication between the computers over
a network.
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