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Protocol identifiers include (there are others):

• http -- The HyperText Transfer Protocol
• ftp -- The File Transfer Protocol
• gopher -- The gopher protocol
• mailto -- The mailto protocol (typically invokes email client)

(Protocol names are also known as schemes.)