There is not much you need to know about me other than I am a black belt in Taekwondo. I am currently an enthusiastic Information Technology student. My favourite pastime is spending all night in the labs. Answers to Questions 1. In information technology, a protocol is the special set of rules that end points in a telecommunication connection use when they communicate.
Protocols exist at several levels in a telecommunication connection.
There are hardware telephone protocols. There are protocols between each of several functional layers and the corresponding layers at the other end of a communication. Both end points must recognize and observe a protocol. Protocols are often described in an industry or international standard. FTP is commonly used to transfer Web page files from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on the Internet.