Definitions for "Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol"
Keywords:  tcp, dissimilar, ets, across, protocol
1. A set of communication protocols that support peer-to-peer connectivity functions for both local and wide area networks. 2. (ETS) Low level network transport protocols developed to allow cooperating computers to share resources across a network. TCP/IP is a combination of the transport control protocol and the internet protocol technologies.
The protocol suite originally developed for the Internet. It is also called the Internet protocol suite. Any computer that connects to the Internet must use TCP/IP. It permits computers to talk to each other.
A set of rules that controls communication. It lets different computers and networks understand each other. Return to .