With an abundance of heavily weighted essays to complete as well as birthday festivities, I ran short of time to analyse this week’s reading. Here are a few key take aways nonetheless:

‘The most extensive computerised information management system existing today is the Internet. The Internet is a global distributed computer network.’

‘Prior to its usage in computing, protocol referred to any type of correct or proper behaviour within a specific system of conventions’

‘At the core of networked computing is the concept of protocol. A computer protocol is a set of recommendations and rules that outline specific technical standards.’

‘The protocols that govern much of the Internet are contained in what are called RFC (request For Comment) Documents,’ of which are ‘published by the Internet Engineering Task Force.’

‘Other protocols are developed and maintained by other organisations.’ For example the World Wide Web Consortium was created to ‘develop common protocols such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style Sheets.’

‘Now, protocols refer specifically to standards governing the implementation of technologies.’