A protocol is an agreement on a way to do something, such as a set of rules that dictates the way data is being received and transported between technological devices. As discussed in class, an example of a protocol is the Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Another important protocol we discussed in class was the Hyper Text Tech Protocol (HTTP) which in the past I heard of but did not know was a protocol. Before I took this class, I was not aware of what a protocol in the context of computers were but it makes sense that they are such a vital part of ensuring connections and no data being lost. It is important for communication between computers on the internet and the web because it can create security for the data being transmitted. Another important reason for this communication is it allows us to communicate close to real-time, even if a disaster occurs, because of this communication between computers on the internet and the web we can still get in contact.
Although many people may think the internet and the web are the same thing, they don’t realize their differences. One of these differences is that the web is a service in which it operates on the internet, the internet is more like a global network that works as an infrastructure for the web. It is difficult to think of the internet and web as different things since we have used the words interchangeably and we forget they are not the same. This class has broadened my knowledge and sparked my curiosity about technical topics.
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