Network

This week, I learned a lot about network/networking. I interpreted and understood terms like HTTP, TCP, IP and common protocols such as POP, IMAP, and SMTP. HTTP is hypertext transfer protocol it is the connectionless protocol, basically giving you the information and then closing the connection. TCP is transmission control protocol which guarantees delivery of your packets (full or pieces of information/data) and even if your packets get lost, TCP will re-send it for you. I'm sure everybody heard of IP before. It is the internet protocol in which it is used to define the route that your packets take over the internet. As for POP, IMAP and SMTP, they are all e-mail protocols. POP stands for post office protocol which defines the way email clients communicate (download) email from a mail server (temporary storage). IMAP is internet message access protocol which primarily does the same as POP except it maps all your e-mail and folders. Last but not least is the SMTP, simple mail transfer protocol which is for outgoing messages. So, these are all protocols and I am talking about them in this post so I can help people understand them more. Also, another one of my motives while thinking about this is to warn people about hackers that take advantage of protocols and use them in ways they are not intended to. Remember that e-mails aren't secured. So, why else would I post this? The reasons are simply to help people understand more about the network they using which helps me a lot in my project. Like I always said, my project/business relies on the web often and if I didn't understand these concepts about networking, I would be still wondering a lot about what's wrong when certain things happen. Examples I can use to explain are packets. Packets are information that is send in which it takes a certain route and within that route, it may encounter obstacles such as cities or seas. When the time it takes to receive the packets increase, it means that it is going over a huge area such as a ocean. This has helped me realize sometimes why it is so slow to get to a site or link. Now I know to correct and make my site better, conveinent, fast and popular.