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A protocol is a set of rules that determine how things communicate with each other
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Bog'liq slides01TCP/IP - A protocol is a set of rules that determine how things communicate with each other
- The software which manages Internet communication follows a suite of protocols called TCP/IP
- The Internet Protocol (IP) determines the format of the information as it is transferred
- The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) dictates how messages are reassembled and handles lost information
- Each computer on the Internet has a unique IP address, such as:
- 204.192.116.2
- Most computers also have a unique Internet name, which is also referred to as an Internet address:
- renoir.villanova.edu
- kant.breakaway.com
- The first part indicates a particular computer (renoir)
- The rest is the domain name, indicating the organization (villanova.edu)
Domain Names - The last section (the suffix) of each domain name usually indicates the type of organization:
- - educational institution
- - non-profit organization
- Sometimes the suffix
- indicates the country:
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