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 Definitions for tcp-ip: WordNet (r) 2.0
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TCP/IP
n : a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the
internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device
to another [syn: {transmission control protocol/internet
protocol}]
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
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TCPIP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (RFC 793, IP), "TCP/IP"
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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TCP/IP /T'C-P I'P/ n. 1. [Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol] The wide-area-networking protocol that makes the Internet
work, and the only one most hackers can speak the name of without
laughing or retching. Unlike such allegedly `standard' competitors such
as X.25, DECnet, and the ISO 7-layer stack, TCP/IP evolved primarily by
actually being _used_, rather than being handed down from on high by a
vendor or a heavily-politicized standards committee. Consequently, it
(a) works, (b) actually promotes cheap cross-platform connectivity, and
(c) annoys the hell out of corporate and governmental empire-builders
everywhere. Hackers value all three of these properties. See
creationism. 2. [Amateur Packet Radio] Formerly expanded as "The Crap
Phil Is Pushing". The reference is to Phil Karn, KA9Q, and the context
was an ongoing technical/political war between the majority of sites
still running AX.25 and the TCP/IP relays. TCP/IP won.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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TCPIP
Normally written "TCP/IP".
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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TCP/IP
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)
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