COMPUTER NETWORKING

APPLICATION LAYER

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which protocol governs the way we transfer and load hypertext?
A
FTP
B
SMTP
C
POP3
D
HTTP
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -HTTP is a protocol that’s built on top of the TCP/IP protocols. Each HTTP request is inside an IP packet, and each HTTP response is inside another IP packet–or more typically, multiple packets, since the response data can be quite large.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is the foundation of the World Wide Web, and is used to load webpages using hypertext links. HTTP is an application layer protocol designed to transfer information between networked devices and runs on top of other layers of the network protocol stack.

Detailed explanation-3: -HTTP is an application layer protocol designed within the framework of the Internet protocol suite. Its definition presumes an underlying and reliable transport layer protocol, thus Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is commonly used.

Detailed explanation-4: -This protocol is known as HyperText Transfer Protocol because of its efficiency that allows us to use in a hypertext environment where there are rapid jumps from one document to another document. HTTP is similar to the FTP as it also transfers the files from one host to another host.

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