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What is TCP

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a key communication standard that ensures reliable data delivery over networks by establishing connections and organizing data into packets. The Internet Protocol (IP) complements TCP by defining the addresses for data transmission, allowing devices to communicate effectively. Together, TCP and IP form the TCP/IP suite, which is essential for secure and efficient data transfer across the internet.

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What is TCP

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a key communication standard that ensures reliable data delivery over networks by establishing connections and organizing data into packets. The Internet Protocol (IP) complements TCP by defining the addresses for data transmission, allowing devices to communicate effectively. Together, TCP and IP form the TCP/IP suite, which is essential for secure and efficient data transfer across the internet.

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What is TCP?

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a communications standard that enables


application programs and computing devices to exchange messages over a
network. It is designed to send packets across the internet and ensure the
successful delivery of data and messages over networks.
TCP is one of the basic standards that define the rules of the internet and is
included within the standards defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
It is one of the most commonly used protocols within digital network
communications and ensures end-to-end data delivery.
TCP organizes data so that it can be transmitted between a server and a client. It
guarantees the integrity of the data being communicated over a network. Before it
transmits data, TCP establishes a connection between a source and its destination,
which it ensures remains live until communication begins. It then breaks large
amounts of data into smaller packets, while ensuring data integrity is in place
throughout the process.
As a result, high-level protocols that need to transmit data all use TCP Protocol.
Examples include peer-to-peer sharing methods like File Transfer Protocol (FTP),
Secure Shell (SSH), and Telnet. It is also used to send and receive email through
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), Post Office Protocol (POP), and Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for web access through the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP).
An alternative to TCP in networking is the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), which
is used to establish low-latency connections between applications and decrease
transmissions time. TCP can be an expensive network tool as it includes absent or
corrupted packets and protects data delivery with controls like acknowledgments,
connection startup, and flow control.
UDP does not provide error connection or packet sequencing nor does it signal a
destination before it delivers data, which makes it less reliable but less expensive.
As such, it is a good option for time-sensitive situations, such as Domain Name
System (DNS) lookup, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and streaming media.
What is IP?
The Internet Protocol (IP) is the method for sending data from one device to another
across the internet. Every device has an IP address that uniquely identifies it and
enables it to communicate with and exchange data with other devices connected to
the internet. Today, it’s considered the standard for fast and secure communication
directly between mobile devices.
IP is responsible for defining how applications and devices exchange packets of data
with each other. It is the principal communications protocol responsible for the
formats and rules for exchanging data and messages between computers on a
single network or several internet-connected networks. It does this through the
Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP), a group of communications protocols that are split
into four abstraction layers.
IP is the main protocol within the internet layer of the TCP/IP. Its main purpose is to
deliver data packets between the source application or device and the destination
using methods and structures that place tags, such as address information, within
data packets.

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TCP vs IP: What is the difference?


TCP and IP are separate protocols that work together to ensure data is delivered to
its intended destination within a network. IP obtains and defines the address—the IP
address—of the application or device the data must be sent to. TCP is then
responsible for transporting and routing data through the network architecture and
ensuring it gets delivered to the destination application or device that IP has
defined. Both technologies working together allow communication between devices
over long distances, making it possible to transfer data where it needs to go in the
most efficient way possible.
In other words, the IP address is akin to a phone number assigned to a smartphone.
TCP is the computer networking version of the technology used to make the
smartphone ring and enable its user to talk to the person who called them.
Now that we’ve looked at TCP and ICP separately, what is TCP/IP? The two protocols
are frequently used together and rely on each other for data to have a destination
and safely reach it, which is why the process is regularly referred to as TCP/IP. With
the right security protocols in place, the combination of the TCP/IP allows users to
follow a safe and secure process when they need to move data between two or
more devices.

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