TCP/IP

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Law

E-Discovery

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol A collection of protocols that define the basic workings of the features of the Internet.

Technology› Programming

Java

Transmission Control Protocol based on IP. This is an Internet protocol that provides for the reliable delivery of streams of data from one host to another. See also IP.

Technology

Telecommunications

Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Two interrelated protocols that are part of the Internet protocol suite. Note 1: TCP operates on the OSI Transport Layer and breaks data into packets. IP operates on the OSI Network Layer and routes packets. Note 2: TCP/IP was originally developed by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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