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:

• Class A
• Class B
• Class C

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