Network Communication Protocols
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Computers communicate with each over the Internet using a number of protocol layers:

Application Layer
(HTTP, ftp, telnet, gopher, etc)

Transport Layer
(TCP, UDP, etc)

Network Layer
(IP, etc)

Link Layer
(device driver, etc)

(This is not a complete description of all the layers.)

Each layer uses its own set of protocols that rely on the lower layers.

The page was last updated February 19, 2008