
July 6th, 2009, 03:19 AM
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those would probably be called protocols. it usually just tells the link/whatever what port to pull information from without specifying a port. Just makes them easier to read. its like http is port 80, https = 443, ftp=21...etc. It also makes it easier for programs to monitor pages (plugins and such) to identify those links because they usually can't be opened in the actual browser (usually another program has to monitor the browser for the links and when clicked take over). I doubt there is a complete list anywhere because there isn't really a standard between them. It is up to the 3rd party program to identify and handle the links.
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