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Definition of TCP/IP
1. Noun. A set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another.
Generic synonyms: Communications Protocol, Protocol
Terms within: Tcp, Transmission Control Protocol
Definition of TCP/IP
1. Initialism. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. This is the standard now widely in use for computers to communicate on networks, especially the internet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of TCP/IP
| TCAP TCAS TCA cycle TCB TCCB TCE TCF TCG TCK TCK receptor-tyrosine kinase | TCKs TCL TCM TCO TCP TCP/IP (current term) TCP segmentation offload TCR TCRs TCS | TCXO TD TDA TDC TDD TDDRA TDI TDIC TDMA TDMGe |
Literary usage of TCP/IP
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Internet Costs & Cost Models for Public Libraries: Final Report by Charles R. McClure (1996)
"Because TCP/IP does not come all the way to the computer workstation, the libraries
... In effect, this makes the computer an Internet host running TCP/IP. ..."
2. Network Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"Some experts expect that OSI will never fully replace TCP/IP. At present, the
installed base of OSI networks is miniscule compared to the networks using ..."
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