LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoHow do you explain protocol to a 5 year old ?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareHow do you explain protocol to a 5 year old ?LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoProtocols help computers know how to behave together. It’s like how you know that you make your voice go up to ask a question, so that I know I’m supposed to answer you.
minus-squareLoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.ccOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoHow about a computer and a mobile phone ?
minus-squarebravesirrbn ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoA (modern) mobile phone is very similar to a computer, the main difference is the shape and what software it runs by default
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoThey’re the same with different connections
Protocols help computers know how to behave together. It’s like how you know that you make your voice go up to ask a question, so that I know I’m supposed to answer you.
How about a computer and a mobile phone ?
A (modern) mobile phone is very similar to a computer, the main difference is the shape and what software it runs by default
They’re the same with different connections