COMPUTER NETWORKING

APPLICATION LAYER

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The HTTP protocol:
A
The GET request results in all of the page data being displayed.
B
Data sent by the server is sent in one file, broken up into various packets.
C
Data sent by the server is sent in several files broken up into packets.
D
Data sent by the server arrives at the client in the order it is sent.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -HTTP requests are messages sent by the client to initiate an action on the server. Their start-line contain three elements: An HTTP method, a verb (like GET, PUT or POST ) or a noun (like HEAD or OPTIONS ), that describes the action to be performed.

Detailed explanation-2: -TCP/IP specifies how data is exchanged over the internet by providing end-to-end communications that identify how it should be broken into packets, addressed, transmitted, routed and received at the destination.

Detailed explanation-3: -The TCP stack divides the file into data packets, numbers them and then forwards them individually to the IP layer for delivery.

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