LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoHow do you explain protocol to a 5 year old ?message-squaremessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow do you explain protocol to a 5 year old ?LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square17linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days 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-up0·8 days agoHow about a computer and a mobile phone ?
minus-squarebravesirrbn ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoA (modern) mobile phone is very similar to a computer, the main difference is the shape and what software it runs by default
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoIt is a computer. Computer is a very general term.
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
It is a computer. Computer is a very general term.