What is Internet Protocol -The various types of Internet Protocol

Introduction to Internet Protocol -The various types of Internet Protocol

Definition of Protocol-A protocol is a rule that grants to exchange digital messages between two or more computing systems and telecommunications.

Internet protocol suite is the important model and Internet protocol is the  set of communications protocols used in the Internet networks.  TCP/IP is common known protocol suite.

The various types of Internet Protocol

Transmission Control Protocol ( T.C.P) :

TCP basically divides a message into a series of packets that are sent from source to destination after that it gets reassembled at the destination.

Transmission Control Protocol is a communication protocol . It is used for communication over a network.

Internet Protocol ( IP ) :

It has been designed & developed precisely as addressing protocol. The IP addresses in packets basically assists in routing them through different nodes in a network , so that it will reach the destination system. TCP/IP is  regarded as the most popular protocol connecting the networks.

User Data-gram Protocol ( UDP):

It is a substitute communication protocol for Transmission Control Protocol. It is implemented for the purpose of creating loss tolerating & low latency linking between different applications.

Post office Protocol (POP):

POP3 has been designed for the purpose of receiving incoming E-mails.

Simple mail transport Protocol (SMTP):

SMTP plays the role of  sending and distributing outgoing E-mails.

File Transfer Protocol ( FTP):

Various types of file like program files, multimedia files, text files, documents etc are transferred from one machine to another, by the user with the help of FTP.

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol ( HTTP):

HTTP is used, to transfer a hypertext among two or more systems. HTML tags are used for creating links. These links could be in the form of text or images.

It is important for us to remember, that HTTP is based on Client - server principles which permits a client system to establish a connection with the server machine for processing a request. The server gets the intimation about the request initiated by the clients & it responds to it accordingly.

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS):

The full form of HTTPS is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. It is considered as a standard protocol which is meant to secure communication between two computers , one using the browser & the other one fetching data from web server.

HTTP is used as a medium to transfer data between the client browser ( request ) & the web server  (response) in hypertext format just like HTTPS except that the transferring of data is done in an encrypted format. Therefore, we may say that HTTPS foils the sinister designs of hackers to interpret or modify the data during the transfer of packets.

Telnet:

Telnet is a set of rules meant  to connect one system with another. The  process which connects out here, is termed as remote login. The system which requests for connection is the local computer, and the system which accepts the connection is the remote computer.

Gopher:

It is a collection of rules used for the purpose of searching, retrieving & also for displaying documents from isolated sites.

It is worth mentioning, that Gopher also operates on client/server principle.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP):

DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that is an automatic configuration in the computer system, using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) we can find out the IP address.

Some more Network Protocols are:

• Address Resolution Protocol(ARP)
• Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP )
• Session Initiation Protocol(SIP)
• Real-time Transport Protocol(RTP)
• Route Access Protocol(RAP)
• Point To Point Tunneling Protocol(PPTP)
• Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP)

Conclusion :

Internet protocol is important, because the entire web is managed & dictated by it. This convention helps two distinctive system elements to interact with each other. It is crucial for internet to function smoothly.