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TCP/IP

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TCP/IP
n.
A protocol for communication between computers, used as a standard for transmitting data over networks and as the basis for standard Internet protocols.

[T(ransmission) C(ontrol) P(rotocol)/I(nternet) P(rotocol).]

TCP/IP
Short for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A protocol for communication between computers, used as a standard for transmitting data over networks and as the basis for standard Internet protocols.
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Noun1.TCP/IP - a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to anotherTCP/IP - a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
communications protocol, protocol - (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
TCP, transmission control protocol - a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another; "TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission"


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