The communications technology of the public Internet, local area networks (LANs) and most wide area networks (WANs). The Internet Protocol (IP) is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, and the terms "IP ...

What is FTP Protocol? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is, as its name indicates, a protocol for transferring files. The implementation of FTP dates from 1971, when a file transfer system (described in ...

The User Datagram Protocol is a protocol used to transmit data over the internet. It is connectionless and does not guarantee delivery of your data, but uses less overhead. This term was viewed 3,714 ...

A complex routing protocol that shares information with other routers in order to determine the best path. IS-IS was the first comprehensive link state protocol, and OSPF and NLSP evolved from it.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, or SMTP, is a protocol that is most often used by Internet Service Providers to allow you to send out email from your local computer. This term was viewed 3,403 times.