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TCP/IP
Dictionary entry overview: What does TCP/IP mean?
• TCP/IP (noun)
The noun TCP/IP has 1 sense:
1. a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
Familiarity information: TCP/IP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
TCP/IP; transmission control protocol/internet protocol
Hypernyms ("TCP/IP" is a kind of...):
communications protocol; protocol ((computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data)
Meronyms (parts of "TCP/IP"):
TCP; transmission control protocol (a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another)
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