Computing Dictionary
TCP/IP definition
protocol Transmission Control Protocol over
Internet Protocol.
The
de facto standard Ethernet protocols incorporated into
4.2BSD Unix. TCP/IP was developed by
DARPA for
internetworking and encompasses both
network layer and
transport layer protocols. While
TCP and
IP specify two protocols at specific
protocol layers, TCP/IP is often used to refer to the entire
DoD protocol suite based upon these, including
telnet,
FTP,
UDP and
RDP.
See also
ICMP,
SMTP,
SNMP.
(1995-03-17)
