| Pete-KT |
10-27-2005 05:02 AM |
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TCP/IP
(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) A communications protocol developed under contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to internetwork dissimilar systems. Invented by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn, this de facto Unix standard is the protocol of the Internet and the global standard for communications.
Reliable and Unreliable
The TCP/IP suite provides two transport methods. TCP ensures that data arrive intact and complete, while UDP just sends out packets. TCP is used for everything that must arrive in perfect form, and UDP is used for streaming media, VoIP and videoconferencing, where there is no time to retransmit erroneous or dropped packets in realtime.
IP Makes It Routable
TCP/IP is a routable protocol, and the IP "network" layer in TCP/IP provides this capability. The header prefixed to an IP packet contains not only source and destination addresses of the hosts, but source and destination addresses of the networks they reside in. Data transmitted using TCP/IP can be sent to multiple networks within an organization or around the globe via the Internet, the world's largest TCP/IP network. The terms "TCP/IP network" and "IP network" are synonymous.
The IP Identifies Everything
Every node in a TCP/IP network requires an IP address (an "IP") which is either permanently assigned or dynamically assigned at startup (see IP address). For an explanation of how the various layers in TCP/IP work
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