Computer Networks Interview Question:

What are the types of protocols and what are its functions and for what purpose this protocol is used give me a brief explanation?

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There are so many types of protocol which supports a different layers of TCP/IP protocol.
1. internet layer -IP, IGMP, ICMP, ARP,RARP
2. Transport Layer - TCP, UDP
3. Application Layer -FTP, SNMP, SMTP, Telnet, TFTP, DNS, HTTP.
Here TCP is a Connection oriented protocol and UDP is a connection less protocol.

The Full form of the above protocol are given below.
1. IP - Internet Protocol
2. IGMP - Internet Groups Message Protocol
3. ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
4. ARP - Address Resolution Protocol
5. RARP - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
6. FTP -File Transfer Protocol.
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