TCP/IP
     n : a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the
         internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device
         to another [syn: transmission control protocol/internet
         protocol]

	

	TCPIP
     Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (RFC 793, IP), "TCP/IP"

	

	TCP/IP /T'C-P I'P/ n. 1. [Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
   Protocol] The wide-area-networking protocol that makes the Internet
   work, and the only one most hackers can speak the name of without
   laughing or retching. Unlike such allegedly `standard' competitors such
   as X.25, DECnet, and the ISO 7-layer stack, TCP/IP evolved primarily by
   actually being _used_, rather than being handed down from on high by a
   vendor or a heavily-politicized standards committee. Consequently, it
   (a) works, (b) actually promotes cheap cross-platform connectivity, and
   (c) annoys the hell out of corporate and governmental empire-builders
   everywhere. Hackers value all three of these properties. See
   creationism. 2. [Amateur Packet Radio] Formerly expanded as "The Crap
   Phil Is Pushing". The reference is to Phil Karn, KA9Q, and the context
   was an ongoing technical/political war between the majority of sites
   still running AX.25 and the TCP/IP relays. TCP/IP won.

	

	TCPIP
     
        Normally written "TCP/IP".

	

	TCP/IP
     
         Transmission Control Protocol over
        Internet Protocol.
     
        The de facto standard Ethernet protocols incorporated
        into 4.2BSD Unix.  TCP/IP was developed by DARPA for
        internetworking and encompasses both network layer and
        transport layer protocols.  While TCP and IP specify two
        protocols at specific protocol layers, TCP/IP is often used
        to refer to the entire DoD protocol suite based upon
        these, including telnet, FTP, UDP and RDP.
     
        See also ICMP, SMTP, SNMP.
     
        (1995-03-17)