[W/K] :: TCP/IP

  TCP/IP
       n : 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]

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

  TCPIP
       
          Normally written "{TCP/IP".
       
       

  TCP/IP
       
           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)