D: The protocols of the Internet are open and used by all devices connected to the network
Explanation:
There are billions of devices connected to the Internet, and hundreds of different kinds of devices: laptops, tablets, phones, refrigerators, handheld credit card readers, and so on. Protocols (standards) ensure that the variety of devices interact with each other smoothly. There are a lot of protocols! The Internet was designed with several layers of abstraction that sort the protocols according to what part of the process they support.
