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TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another
Example:
TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission
Synonyms:
TCP; transmission control protocol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("transmission control protocol" is a kind of...):
communications protocol; protocol ((computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data)
Holonyms ("transmission control protocol" is a part of...):
TCP/IP; transmission control protocol/internet protocol (a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another)
