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What is TCP/IP?

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palhello

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Dec 29, 2002
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NP
I don't a thing about TCP/IP. I know it is a rule for transfering data, but please anyone help me how can I do something with TCP/IP.Please start with very basic things.
 
Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
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Johnson Computer Consulting
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If you are interested in TCP/IP from the programmers view then read the book from Stevens "Unix Network Programming"
If gives you a lot of features in Networking with TCP/IP.

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Get a book TCP/IP for dummies, it's short and has very basic understanding.
 
TCP/IP is basically a layer 4 [transport layer] protocol suite that guarantees reliable and fast delivery of data between two or more hosts..

IP is a connectionless protocol that deals generally deals with getting information from one place to another.. sort of like routing.. TCP is the control protocol that ensure that information is properly and reliably delivered by IP.. it does this by use of acknowledgments... which is why u can tell when your applications have lost or established a connection.. that is the beauty of TCP to IP...

the other protocol, UDP, is far less reliable... it's trades reliability for efficiency.. because it's not reliable, it has less overhead than TCP, and as such, will transmit packets relatively faster.. the draw back is u can't know whether the information arrived at the destination properly, or not... it's used for applications that require quick and continuous access.. such as DNS, SNMP and DHCP...

there's alot more to it... u may need to read some more material as suggested by the rest of the members..

good luck..
 
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