what is tcp/ip?

Question

what is tcp/ip address

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcp/ip

Answer 2

The Internet protocol suite is the set of communications protocols that implement the protocol stack on which the Internet and most commercial networks run. It is sometimes called the TCP/IP protocol suite, after the two most important protocols in it: the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), which were also the first two defined.

The Internet protocol suite — like many protocol suites — can be viewed as a set of layers. Each layer solves a set of problems involving the transmission of data, and provides a well-defined service to the upper layer protocols based on using services from some lower layers. Upper layers are logically closer to the user and deal with more abstract data, relying on lower layer protocols to translate data into forms that can eventually be physically transmitted. The original TCP/IP reference model consisted of four layers, but has evolved into a five layer model.

The OSI model describes a fixed, seven layer stack for networking protocols. Comparisons between the OSI model and TCP/IP can give further insight into the significance of the components of the IP suite, but can also cause confusion, since the definition of the layers are slightly different.

Answer 3

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (Tcp/Ip)
A standard format for transmitting data in Packets from one computer to another on the Internet. Developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, TCP/IP is two separate protocols. TCP deals with the construction of data packets (including checking for errors); IP routes them from machine to machine.

Answer 4

TCP/IP is a name given to the collection (or suite) of networking
protocols that have been used to construct the global Internet.
The protocols are also referred to as the DoD (dee-oh-dee) or
Arpanet protocol suite because their early development was funded
by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US
Department of Defense (DoD).
All of the protocols in the TCP/IP suite are defined by documents
called Requests For Comments (RFC's). An important difference
between TCP/IP RFC's and other (say, IEEE or ITU) networking
standards is that RFC's are freely available online.

Answer 5

TCP ( Transmission Control Protocol) the suite of communications Protocol used to connect the host on the internet and transmitting data over networks.it is use with IP ( Internet Protocol) which specifies the formats of data packet retransmitted by tcp.it allows to address a packet and drop it in the system.

Answer 6

Is protocols TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)/ IP (Internet Protocol)

Answer 7

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
Its Used for Connecting To The Internet

Answer 8

Hey dude, you have put a question on "NETWORKING" in simple 4 words.
Anyways it stands for transmission control protocol/Internet protocol.
IP address is the logical address / name given for each computer in a network.
tcp/ip is a model widely used for connecting computers on different networks.

Answer 9

TCP and IP were developed by a Department of Defense (DOD) research project to connect a number different networks designed by different vendors into a network of networks (the "Internet"). It was initially successful because it delivered a few basic services that everyone needs (file transfer, electronic mail, remote logon) across a very large number of client and server systems. Several computers in a small department can use TCP/IP (along with other protocols) on a single LAN. The IP component provides routing from the department to the enterprise network, then to regional networks, and finally to the global Internet. On the battlefield a communications network will sustain damage, so the DOD designed TCP/IP to be robust and automatically recover from any node or phone line failure. This design allows the construction of very large networks with less central management. However, because of the automatic recovery, network problems can go undiagnosed and uncorrected for long periods of time.

As with all other communications protocol, TCP/IP is composed of layers:

IP - is responsible for moving packet of data from node to node. IP forwards each packet based on a four byte destination address (the IP number). The Internet authorities assign ranges of numbers to different organizations. The organizations assign groups of their numbers to departments. IP operates on gateway machines that move data from department to organization to region and then around the world.
TCP - is responsible for verifying the correct delivery of data from client to server. Data can be lost in the intermediate network. TCP adds support to detect errors or lost data and to trigger retransmission until the data is correctly and completely received.
Sockets - is a name given to the package of subroutines that provide access to TCP/IP on most systems.


The Internet Protocol was developed to create a Network of Networks (the "Internet"). Individual machines are first connected to a LAN (Ethernet or Token Ring). TCP/IP shares the LAN with other uses (a Novell file server, Windows for Workgroups peer systems). One device provides the TCP/IP connection between the LAN and the rest of the world.

To insure that all types of systems from all vendors can communicate, TCP/IP is absolutely standardized on the LAN. However, larger networks based on long distances and phone lines are more volatile. In the US, many large corporations would wish to reuse large internal networks based on IBM's SNA. In Europe, the national phone companies traditionally standardize on X.25. However, the sudden explosion of high speed microprocessors, fiber optics, and digital phone systems has created a burst of new options: ISDN, frame relay, FDDI, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). New technologies arise and become obsolete within a few years. With cable TV and phone companies competing to build the National Information Superhighway, no single standard can govern citywide, nationwide, or worldwide communications.

The original design of TCP/IP as a Network of Networks fits nicely within the current technological uncertainty. TCP/IP data can be sent across a LAN, or it can be carried within an internal corporate SNA network, or it can piggyback on the cable TV service. Furthermore, machines connected to any of these networks can communicate to any other network through gateways supplied by the network vendor.

Answer 10

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