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STU...@saupm00.bitnet
Dec 30, 1992, 5:52:29 AM12/30/92
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I would like to know what is TCP-IP?
bra...@marcvm.marc.usda.gov
Dec 30, 1992, 11:25:34 AM12/30/92
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Literally: Transmission Control Protocol. Usually used with IP:
Internet Protocol. TCP is an implementation of layer 4 (TRANSPORT) of the
ISO seven layer network model while IP is an implementation of layer 5 or
the NETWORK layer. In english, TCP provides program to program
communications on a network. IP breaks these program links into packets
for sending, and then puts them back together on the other end in the
correct order. (kind of like Star Trek "beam me up Scotty" and "scrambling
a man's molecules and sending them accross the universe" :-)
Common Use: It has become common to refer to the suite of programs that
are common on TCP/IP networks as TCP/IP. (ie TELNET, FTP, SNMP, NFS, etc.)
Ironically, some of these programs do not use TCP but thats history for
you.
Hope this helps.
Internet Protocol. TCP is an implementation of layer 4 (TRANSPORT) of the
ISO seven layer network model while IP is an implementation of layer 5 or
the NETWORK layer. In english, TCP provides program to program
communications on a network. IP breaks these program links into packets
for sending, and then puts them back together on the other end in the
correct order. (kind of like Star Trek "beam me up Scotty" and "scrambling
a man's molecules and sending them accross the universe" :-)
Common Use: It has become common to refer to the suite of programs that
are common on TCP/IP networks as TCP/IP. (ie TELNET, FTP, SNMP, NFS, etc.)
Ironically, some of these programs do not use TCP but thats history for
you.
Hope this helps.
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