[W/K] :: Transmission Control Protocol

  transmission control protocol
       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" [syn: TCP]

  Transmission Control Protocol
       
           (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)