TCP/IP


abbreviation
  1. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol: a communications protocol for computer networks, the main protocol for the internet.

Origin of TCP/IP

1
First recorded in 1980–85

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Scientific definitions for TCP/IP

TCP/IP

  1. Short for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A suite of protocols for communication between computers, specifying standards for transmitting data over networks and used as the basis for standard Internet protocols.

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