Which of the following is not the Application layer protocol in TCP/IP Model?

SMTP, FTP, TELNET, POP, MIME, HTTP 

(A) FTP, POP, MIME, SMTP
(B) TELNET, HTTP
(C) MIME
(D) None of these


Answer: (C)

Explanation: According to TCP/IP Model, these are application layer protocol,

  1. SMTP – Simple Mail transfer protocol.
  2. MIME – It is the extension of SMTP, used for transferring multimedia messages.
  3. TELNET – Terminal Network, It is a client-server protocol which allows a user to log onto the remote machine.
  4. POP – Post office protocol. Used by a mail server in conjunction to hold the receive the emails for hosts.
  5. FTP – File transfer protocol. It is used to Upload and downloads the file from/to the server.
  6. HTTP – Hypertext Transfer protocol. It is used to access data on world wide web (www).

So, option (C) is correct.

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