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'''TCP''' is the abbreviation for '''Transmission Control Protocol''', which is the system of addressing and transmitting information over a network to its intended destinations.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/602945/TCPIP britannica.com]</ref> TCP is the main basis of the Internet and it is the language which majority of the world’s networked computers use to communicate with each other.<ref>[http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TCPIPTransportLayerProtocolsTransmissionControlPro.htm tcpipguide.com]</ref> | '''TCP''' is the abbreviation for '''Transmission Control Protocol''', which is the system of addressing and transmitting information over a network to its intended destinations.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/602945/TCPIP britannica.com]</ref> TCP is the main basis of the Internet and it is the language which majority of the world’s networked computers use to communicate with each other.<ref>[http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TCPIPTransportLayerProtocolsTransmissionControlPro.htm tcpipguide.com]</ref> | ||
TCP/IP was developed in the 1970s, and was used as the protocol standard for [[ | TCP/IP was developed in the 1970s, and was used as the protocol standard for [[ARPANET]] in 1983.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/602945/TCPIP britannica.com]</ref> | ||
== How It Works == | == How It Works == | ||