Definition of TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (Meaning of TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL) in the Online Dictionary



WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] 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"

	Synonyms:	TCP

	See Also:	communications protocol, protocol, TCP/IP, transmission control protocol/internet protocol

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	(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.