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Internet Techniques and Web Formats >> Internet and World Wide Web >> TCP/IP

1.2.3. TCP/IP

The communication between the computers in the internet is defined by different protocols. The protocols TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and IP (Internet Protocol) build the basis of the communication in the internet.

Before describing these and some other protocols, it will be helpful to illustrate the position of each protocol relative to the others in the TCP/IP suite.

TCP/IP suite

TCP/IP suite

In the next paragraphs we will go into details of some protocols.



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