AS / A Level Computer Science

Candidates should be able to:

Show understanding of why a protocol is essential

for communication between computers

Show understanding of how protocol

implementation can be viewed as a stack, where

each layer has its own functionality

Show understanding of the TCP / IP protocol suiteĀ 


Show understanding of protocols (HTTP, FTP,

POP3, IMAP, SMTP, BitTorrent) and their purposes

Notes and guidance

Four Layers (Application, Transport, Internet, Link)

Purpose and function of each layer

Application when a message is sent from one host

to another on the internet

BitTorrent protocol provides peer-to-peer file sharing