Internet Related Protocols and Services

Computers and internet are two things that have significantly changed our lives. These technologies have simplified our lives in several ways. Internet has connected us to the rest of the world and now you can do almost everything with the help of the internet. Internet is one wide area network that is available all over the world and you can communicate, shop or entertain yourselves with the help of this system. It has made our lives easier and hence there are several protocols that have been developed for the same. Protocols are the standards that are set for something and hence we would discuss some of the major internet related protocols and services.
SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol) is one of the most commonly used protocols for the internet. It is an international standard that has been developed for the provision and usage of email services over the internet. The standard defines that every person needs to have a particular account for using the internet. The users are usually identified by the domain name, account and the address of the computer that is employed for the same. The email id of every person consists of the user name followed by the website or the domain name and the extension of the domain.
Another protocol commonly used over the internet is HTTP (hypertext transport protocol). HTTP is nothing but the language of world wide web and it is the basic protocol that helps us in processing or using the information that is available on the internet. There is lot of information available on the websites over the internet in different forms and for accessing this information, you need to use a web address for accessing websites and extracting information. HTTP is what helps you in getting the exact path for a website.
You must have also come across the protocol called FTP (file transfer protocol). FTP is a special protocol that helps you in sharing and transferring files. You have the option and facility of sharing and transferring files over