TCP/IP

 I. (noun) 

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

Synonyms:

TCP/IP; transmission control protocol/internet protocol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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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