transmission control protocol

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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"TCPcommunications protocol, protocol - (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of dataTCP/IP, transmission control protocol/internet protocol - a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another

Transmission Control Protocol

[tranz‚mish·ən kən′trōl ‚prōd·ə‚kȯl] (communications) The set of standards that is responsible for breaking down and reassembling the data packets transmitted on the Internet, for ensuring complete delivery of the packets, and for controlling data flow. Abbreviated TCP.

Transmission Control Protocol

(networking, protocol)(TCP) The most common transport layerprotocol used on Ethernet and the Internet. It wasdeveloped by DARPA.

TCP is the connection-oriented protocol built on top ofInternet Protocol (IP) and is nearly always seen in thecombination TCP/IP (TCP over IP). It adds reliable communication and flow-control and provides full-duplex,process-to-process connections.

TCP is defined in STD 7 and RFC 793.

User Datagram Protocol is the other, connectionless,protocol that runs on top of IP.

transmission control protocol

Related to transmission control protocol: file transfer protocol, Internet Protocol

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noun a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another

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communications protocol
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TCP/IP
transmission control protocol/internet protocol