TCP

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

TCP
    n 1: a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one
         network device to another; "TCP uses a retransmission
         strategy to insure that data will not be lost in
         transmission" [syn: {transmission control protocol}, {TCP}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Transmission Control Protocol
TCP

   <networking, protocol> (TCP) The most common {transport layer}
   {protocol} used on {Ethernet} and the {Internet}.  It was
   developed by {DARPA}.

   TCP is the {connection-oriented} protocol built on top of
   {Internet Protocol} (IP) and is nearly always seen in the
   combination {TCP/IP} (TCP over IP).  It adds {reliable
   communication} and {flow-control} and provides {full-duplex},
   process-to-process connections.

   TCP is defined in {STD 7} and {RFC} 793.

   {User Datagram Protocol} is the other, connectionless,
   protocol that runs on top of IP.

   (2001-06-14)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

TCP
       Tape Carrier Package (CPU)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

TCP
       Test Coordination Procedure

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

TCP
       Transmission Control Protocol (ARPANET)