Standards Protocols Standards and Protocols

What are standards/protocols?

The evolution and proliferation of web usage has prompted the need for a wide variance of governing rules, regulations and conventions. The purposes of these standards and protocols is to promote consistency, control and oversight even as new communication and data exchange technologies emerge. Thus, simply stated, a web or network protocol is a system regulating the format of messages being exchanged across said network. The wide host of telecommunications, media and computing devices in circulation invoke the use of an equally wide host of protocols.

Why are standards/protocols needed within the networking industry?

Networking provides for the exchange of information between different systems or between different units within a system. However, as the text by Javvin Company (2009) clarifies, the network does not itself enable communication. The text indicates that the network is merely a conduit for communication....

Instead, communication is accomplished by way of various protocols governing terms of consistency. The rules and data structures constructed by any given protocol will allow two separate computing devices to share information.
How did specific standards/protocols evolve for each standard-setting body?

Each standard setting body functions as a forum through which research is constantly conducted and published, including evaluation of existing technologies, emergent protocols and regulatory conditions on the horizon. Thus, standards created and promoted by such organizations as the IEEE and the ISO are themselves in a constant state of advancing illumination. Therefore, best practices can effectively be refined, improved and influenced by either identification of emergent security concerns or integration of new technologies.

How do the evolved standards/protocols impact technology?

As the technologies at our disposal evolve, so too does the demand to promote quality control…