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Transmission Control Protocol

Transmission Control Protocol proper noun: a networking protocol, almost always layered on top of the Internet Protocol, that provides reliable, connection based communications.

Proper noun

the Transmission Control Protocol

  1. (Internet) A networking protocol, almost always layered on top of the Internet Protocol, that provides reliable, connection based communications.
    Synonyms:
    TCP

Synonyms of Transmission Control Protocol

Questions about Transmission Control Protocol

What does Transmission Control Protocol mean?
Transmission Control Protocol means a networking protocol, almost always layered on top of the Internet Protocol, that provides reliable, connection based communications.
What part of speech is Transmission Control Protocol?
Transmission Control Protocol is a proper noun.

Words near Transmission Control Protocol in the dictionary

  1. transmissing
  2. transmissiometer
  3. transmissiometers
  4. transmissiometry
  5. transmission
  6. Transmission Control Protocol
  7. transmission electron diffraction
  8. transmission electron diffractions
  9. transmission electron microscope
  10. transmission electron microscopes
  11. transmission electron microscopy

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