A session wherein the user directs a distant-end machine by virtue of a user name and password. The content of each session is determined by the relative value of the password. Operates in much the same way as a Telnet session, with a twist. In an FTP session, the user cannot alter the files, but can download and upload defined files. The process works in much the same way as accessing your bank balance via a PIN number.
Gopher provides acquisition of a final product via a series of menus.
Gopher is structured with a diminishing, hierarchical menu system from the general to the specific. With the ascendance of the Web, most Gopher databases are being converted to Web sites which can be more easily accessed via Web search engines. Http , or Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is the way information is transferred on the Internet. Without changing meaning or content, markup language is overlaid on the text so that it can be read by the computer. HTML defines the structure and layout of a Web document by using a variety of tags and attributes.