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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 computers on a network.
                 Certain network protocols and standards must be followed in order to ensure that your
                 computer  can  communicate  with  another  computer  over  a  network.  Different  types  of               COMPUTER NETWORKING

                 protocols used for different operations on the Internet are listed below:

                 • Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP): It is a set of rules that defines how the Web pages
                   transfer information like document, file, image, video between computers over Internet.
                 • Hypertext Transfer Protocol  Secure (HTTPS): It is a secure version of HTTP. The

                   information is converted into code to prevent unauthorised access.
                 • File Transfer Protocol (FTP): It is a set of rules that allows file uploading and downloading          27
                   from the 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 protocol 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.





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                      Warm              Write the full form of the following:                  Century   #Information Literacy
                                                                                                 Skills
                      Up!
                                        1. HTTP: ________________________________________________


                                        2. FTP: _________________________________________________

                                        3. IMAP: ________________________________________________


                                        4. SMTP: ________________________________________________
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