Protocol An agreement about how information will be exchanged between computers. The agreement is carried out by installing software on both computers that will send and receive information in the format agreed to in the protocol. A program and database that summarizes information available at World Wide Web sites and allows searches by title and keyword. A Web Browser can be used to locate information via a search engine. A text based connection to an Internet Service Provider.
Numerous variations exist.
The communications protocol of the Internet. Information is prepared in packets by the Transmission Control Program and routed to the appropriate address by the Internet Protocol program. The most common method of coding files for transmission across The Internet. A central database of files and services available on Gopher servers. Wide Area Information Service - A service on an Internet host that keeps an index of all the words in a large collection of files.