TCP/IP

TCP/IP
    n 1: 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}, {TCP/IP}]
    

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.
    

TCP/IP

   <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)
    

TCPIP
       Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (RFC 793, IP),
"TCP/IP"