COMPUTER NETWORKING

INTRODUCTION

PROTOCOL LAYERING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Application Layer Protocol:HTTP is used for?
A
Used by Web Browsers to access websites and communicate with web servers.
B
A more secure version of HTTP uses Encryption
C
A more secure version of HTTP uses Huffman Trees
D
Used to access, edit and move files between devices on a network. e.g. to access files on a server from a client computer.
E
Used to retrieve emails from a server.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is HTTP. The protocol used between a web server and a web browser to transfer HTML pages is called HTTP. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML. It was designed for communication between web browsers and web servers, but it can also be used for other purposes.

Detailed explanation-3: -How does HTTP work? As a request-response protocol, HTTP gives users a way to interact with web resources such as HTML files by transmitting hypertext messages between clients and servers. HTTP clients generally use Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections to communicate with servers.

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