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Transmission Control Protocol

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite, providing reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of octets (bytes) between applications running on hosts communicating via an IP network. It originated in the initial network implementation in which it complemented the Internet Protocol…

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Abbreviation
TCP
Based on
Transmission Control Program
Developers
Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn
Introduction
1974; 52 years ago (1974)
IP number
6
OSI layer
Transport layer (4)

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Overview

Historical origin

Network function

TCP segment structure

Protocol operation

Vulnerabilities

TCP ports

Development

Hardware implementations

Wire image and ossification

Performance

Acceleration

Debugging

Alternatives

Checksum computation

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Transmission Control Protocol

Nodes235
Edges234
Triples276
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008511
Components1

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Transmission Control Protocol

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related to Requests for Comments · 205
Transmission Control Protocol → Alan, Alexander, Algorithm, Allman, Allyn, An Extension, April, Architectural Guidelines, Arvind, Attacks, August, Barre, Bellovin, Black, Blanton, Bob, Bonaventure, Borman, Braden, Brian
related to Historical origin · 25
Transmission Control Protocol → Bob Kahn, Carl Sunshine, DARPA, December, DoD, French CYCLADES, Gérard Le Lann, In, In May, Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol Suite, Internet Transmission Control Program, It, Later, RFC, RFCs, Specification, TCP, TCP/IP, The
related to Network function · 11
Transmission Control Protocol → An, At, If, Internet, Internet Protocol, IP, It, Once, TCP, The Transmission Control Protocol, Thus
related to TCP segment structure · 7
Transmission Control Protocol → Internet Protocol, IP, IP PDU, PDU, TCP, The, The TCP
related to Data transfer · 6
Transmission Control Protocol → Congestion, Ordered, The, The Transmission Control Protocol, User Datagram Protocol, When
Abbreviation · 1
Transmission Control Protocol → TCP
Based on · 1
Transmission Control Protocol → Transmission Control Program
Developers · 1
Transmission Control Protocol → Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn
Introduction · 1
Transmission Control Protocol → 1974; 52 years ago (1974)
IP number · 1
Transmission Control Protocol → 6

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tcp data rfc doi protocol 10 network ietf connection packet number ip sequence control sender transmission acknowledgment may internet congestion

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Transmission Control ProtocolAbbreviationTCP1.00infobox
Transmission Control ProtocolBased onTransmission Control Program1.00infobox
Transmission Control ProtocolDevelopersVint Cerf and Bob Kahn1.00infobox
Transmission Control ProtocolIntroduction1974; 52 years ago (1974)1.00infobox
Transmission Control ProtocolIP number61.00infobox
Transmission Control ProtocolOSI layerTransport layer (4)1.00infobox
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the World Wide Webinstance ofthe entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.Major internet applications0.80text
emailinstance ofthe entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.Major internet applications0.80text
remote administrationinstance ofthe entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.Major internet applications0.80text
file transferinstance ofthe entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.Major internet applications0.80text
streaming media rely on TCPinstance ofthe entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP.Major internet applications0.80text

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