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]

	

	TCP
       Tape Carrier Package (CPU)

	

	TCP
       Test Coordination Procedure

	

	TCP
       Transmission Control Protocol (ARPANET)

	

	Transmission Control Protocol
TCP

    (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)