Introduction Token bus was standardized by IEEE standard 802.4. Definition Token bus is a LAN network protocol that implemens a Token Ring protocol over a virtual ring on a coaxial cable(ethernet). Features The token bus is a distributed processing system. Here, each node must know the address of its neighbour in Read more…
Introduction Initially called as XML-RPC. Stable release version of SOAP is/was v1.2 in April 2007. Definition SOAP is an XML-based, hence lightweight(i.e. only uses XML format of data/message for request and response), Application layer protocol for accessing/exchanging of information in a decentralized way from several web services distributed over Internet via Read more…
Introduction FTP stands for “File Transfer Protocol”. Definition FTP is a very important protocol used for exchanging files over the Internet. Features FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server. FTP allows a user to Read more…
Introduction HTTP is the client-server network protocol that has been in use by the World-Wide Web since 1990. Definition Http is a very important application layer (TCP/IP reference model) communication protocol for the transfer of information on the World Wide Web and intranet also. Its original purpose was to provide Read more…
Click this link for details of E-mail Protocols History Before 1990, it was mostly used in academia. During the 1990s, it became known to the public at large and grew exponentially to the point where the number of e-mails sent per day now is vastly more than the number of Read more…
History of Web The Web began in 1989 at CERN(The European Organization for Nuclear Research; the largest particle physics laboratory in the world; The name CERN is derived from the acronym for the French “Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucléaire”; located in Geneva, Switzerland; Established on 29 September 1954, 23 Read more…
Introduction It was initially designed for transmission across Integrated Services Digital Network(ISDN) infrastructure i.e. Frame Relay originated as an extension of integrated services digital network (ISDN). Definition Frame Relay is a standard or technology applied in wide area network (WAN) that specifies the physical and data link layers of digital telecommunications Read more…
Introduction The concept of Token ring was introduced by IBM in 1984, but standardized globally in 1989 as IEEE 802.5. Definition Token Ring is one of the earliest a local area networking technology/protocol, used to build a specific local area networks(LAN). Features It uses a three-byte frame structure called a Read more…
Introduction It was commercially introduced in 1980 and first standardized in 1983 as IEEE 802.3. Definition Ethernet is the traditional LAN technology for connecting devices in a wired local area network (LAN). Features It uses IEEE 802.3 Standard in LAN data transmission. It uses CSMA/CD mechanism (carrier Seen Multiple Access/Collision Detect) Read more…
Introduction RARP stands for “Reverse Address Resolution Protocol”. RARP is now considered as an old protocol because of use of IPv4 and we use it very less anymore to assign IP addresses to hosts. Now, it has been replaced by BOOTP and later by DHCP. Reverse ARP differs from the Inverse Read more…