tcp

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tcp(n = noun.communication) transmission control protocol - 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"

is a kind of communications protocol, protocol

is a part of tcp/ip, transmission control protocol/internet protocol

tcp, abbr. propr. a disinfectant and germicide.

Etymology

tri chloro phenylmethyliodasalicyl

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