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information to be available. Fingering requires
entering the full user@domain address.
7. HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol)
The communications protocol used to connect to
servers on the World Wide Web. Its primary
function is to establish a connection with a web
server and transmit HTML pages to the client web
browser.
8. POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3)
A standard mail server commonly used on the
Internet. It provides a message store that holds
incoming e-mail until users log on and download it.
POP3 is a simple system with little selectivity. All
pending messages and attachments are
downloaded at the same time. POP3 uses the
SMTP messaging protocol.
9. NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol)
The protocol used to connect to Usenet groups on
the Internet. Usenet newsreaders support the
NNTP protocol.