What is protocol?

It is a set of rules that helps to connect two devices and transmit data with each other. Protocols
can determine how the data are travel along the computer devices and other network devices.
The data protocol can determine the errors and bugs of the data compression method. And also it
can use for the error control also.
Among the most common Internet protocols are FTP (File Transfer Protocol), HTTP (Hypertext
Transfer Protocol), TCP/IP (Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), and SMTP (Simple
Mail Transfer Protocol).
File transfer protocol
File transfer protocol is can be considered as the standard internet protocol for transmitting files
between the computers and over the networks. Mainly file transfer protocol is a client server
protocol that communicates data through client and the server. In the file transfer protocol has a
command channel for controlling the conversion and the a data channel for transmitting the file
content.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
This protocol is mainly used by the World Wide Web. Mainly HTTP determines how the
messages are transmitted and formatted, and also can determine how web servers and browsers
take actions to various types of commands. HTTP also known as the stateless protocol because
its executed independently, without any knowledge of the commands that came before it.

Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

This can be named as the basic communication language as well as main protocol of the internet.
This protocol can be used as a communication protocol in a private network. TCP/IP is present
with two layers program with high layer and lower layer. With help of higher layer it manages
the assembling of the messages into smaller packets and transmitted over the Internet and
received by a TCP layer that reassembles the packets into the original message. With the help of
the lower layer it handles the address part of the each packet and until its go to the right place.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

This is also a part of the application layer of the TCP/IP protocol. With the help of this protocol
users can store and forward. The main function of SMTP is to send e mail messages through
servers. The SMTP is can be considered as the most common and popular protocols for email
communication over the Internet, and SMTP provides in between network services through the
remote email provider or organizational email server and the local user accessing it.

Importance of protocols
Mainly communication protocol communicates between devices and protocols in general are
happen. There are many of importance in the protocols. The following are some main importance
of protocols,

Private communication capabilities

Authentication messages

Error checking

Breaking up data into blocks, also known as packets

Mainly protocols helps to send and receive files and documents from computers to computers or
networks to networks. If either of the two computers did not understand this protocol then users
would not be able to send and receive files because the computer would not know the "language"
and so sending a file would be impossible. SMTP/POP3 (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol & Post
Office Protocol) SMTP and POP3 is the protocol for sending E-mails SMTP allows users to send
emails, and its usually POP3 that allows users to receive them.