Communication+Systems-+Identified+and+defined

HTTP- The protocol used to receive and send out files, especially webpages and their components, over the internet or other computer network.

FTP- A protocol used during communication processes of file transfered from one computer to another over a network.

TCP/IP- Stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, which is a set of networking protocols that allows two or more computers to communicate. It is widely accepted as a networking standard.

Cookies- A collection of information, usually including a username and password for privace, any the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously regirstered or visited the site.

Listserv- A system of email that can allow you to mass communicate by sending emails to many at a time. It is sort of like a forum imn that you can receive and send emails to and from a group of people. However, a forum is on a website, and a listserv is only in email.

Web cam- A camera that is hooked up to the computer, that can take digital pictures and videos and transmit them over the internet to another source.

Intranet- a computer network that is privately maintained and only available to authorized people, for example, its owners.

search engine- a program on the computer that can be used as a tool, that you type in words or phrases so that it can come up with relating documents or web pages.

Browser- a program on the computer taht is used to view html documents

Email- A way of sending documents or messages from computer to computer or terminal through telecomnunications

=EMAIL= what was the first? timeline of important events.

The first email ever was sent in 1971 by a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson. He used the at (@) to identify adresses. __TIMELINE OF IMPORTANT EVENTS__

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