Proper noun
Transmission Control Protocol
(computing, Internet) A networking protocol, almost always layered on top of the Internet Protocol, that provides reliable, connection based communications.
An example of a transport-layer protocol in the standard Internet stack is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), usually built on top of the Internet Protocol (IP). Source: Internet
An HTTP client initiates a request by establishing a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection to a particular port on a server (typically port 80, occasionally port 8080; see List of TCP and UDP port numbers ). Source: Internet
Background Most Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol ( TCP/IP ) routing is based on a two-level hierarchical routing in which an IP address is divided into a network portion and a host portion. Source: Internet
Comparison of UDP and TCP main Transmission Control Protocol is a connection-oriented protocol, which means that it requires handshaking to set up end-to-end communications. Source: Internet
Historically, IP was the connectionless datagram service in the original Transmission Control Program introduced by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in 1974; the other being the connection-oriented Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Source: Internet
If an application requires a high degree of reliability, a protocol such as the Transmission Control Protocol may be used instead. Source: Internet