Monday, March 29, 2010

PROTOCOLS

HTTP(HyperText Transfer Protocol) is a request/response standard typical of client-server computing.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the Internet
SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) stands for simple mail transfer protocol.
POP3(Post Office Protocol) is an acronym Post Office Protocol.

The difference is POP is a protocol for storage of email. SMTP is a protocol for sending and receiving.

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