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Question: What is Protocol? How many types of Protocols are there?

December 12, 2007 02:27:26	#2
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What is Protocol? How many types of Protocols are there?
When computers communicate with each other, there needs to be a common set of rules and instructions that each computer follows. A specific set of communication rules is called a protocol. Because of the many ways computers can communicate with each other, there are many different protocols -- too many for the average person to remember. Some examples of these different protocols include PPP, TCP/IP, SLIP, HTTP, and FTP.