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TCP/IP
n.
A suite of protocols for communication between computers, specifying standards for transmitting data over networks and used as the basis for standard internet protocols.
[T(ransmission) C(ontrol) P(rotocol)/I(nternet) P(rotocol).]
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TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol: a communications protocol for computer networks, the main protocol for the Internet.
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