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ABSTRACT

TCP/IP Summary:TCPandIPweredevelopedbyaDepartmentofDefense(DOD)researchprojecttoconnect
anumberdifferentnetworksdesignedbydifferentvendorsintoanetworkofnetworks(the"Internet").Itwasinitially successfulbecauseitdeliveredafewbasicservicesthateveryoneneeds(filetransfer,electronicmail,remotelogon) acrossaverylargenumberofclientandserversystems.SeveralcomputersinasmalldepartmentcanuseTCP/IP(along withotherprotocols)onasingleLAN.CP/IP(TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol)isthebasic communicationlanguageorprotocoloftheInternet..TCP/IPisthecommunicationprotocolforcommunication betweencomputersontheInternet. TCP/IPstandsforTransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol. TCP/IPdefineshowelectronicdevices(likecomputers)shouldbeconnectedtotheInternet,andhowdata shouldbetransmittedbetweenthem. InsidetheTCP/IPstandardthereareseveralprotocolsforhandlingdatacommunication: TCP(TransmissionControlProtocol)communicationbetweenapplications UDP(UserDatagramProtocol)simplecommunicationbetweenapplications IP(InternetProtocol)communicationbetweencomputers ICMP(InternetControlMessageProtocol)forerrorsandstatistics DHCP(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol)fordynamicaddressing

IPisresponsibleformovingpacketofdatafromnodetonode.IPforwardseachpacketbasedonafourbyte destinationaddress(theIPnumber).TheInternetauthoritiesassignrangesofnumberstodifferentorganizations.The organizationsassigngroupsoftheirnumberstodepartments.IPoperatesongatewaymachinesthatmovedatafrom departmenttoorganizationtoregionandthenaroundtheworld. TCPisresponsibleforverifyingthecorrectdeliveryofdatafromclienttoserver.Datacanbelostinthe intermediatenetwork.TCPaddssupporttodetecterrorsorlostdataandtotriggerretransmissionuntilthedata iscorrectlyandcompletelyreceived. SocketsisanamegiventothepackageofsubroutinesthatprovideaccesstoTCP/IPonmostsystems.


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