What is TCP/IP


What is TCP/IP?

TCP/IP is an abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

TCP is a lossless protocol, requiring a handshake to insure that data is not lost during transmission.

Internet Protocol (IP) uses addresses which are a series of four "octet" (byte) numbers in a dotted decimal notation. For example: 199.246.24.130

IP addresses are of three classes:

Application protocols such as HTTP, and FTP are based on and use TCP/IP.

I now know TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. What is the User Datagram Protocol?
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