TCP/IP

TCP/IP, short for Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol, is the de facto standard Ethernet protocol introduced in 4.2BSD Unix and now widely used by various operating systems.

History

TCP/IP was developed by DARPA for internetworking and encompasses both network layer and transport layer protocols. While TCP and IP specify two protocols at specific protocol layers, TCP/IP is often used to refer to the entire DoD protocol suite based upon these, including telnet, FTP, UDP and RDP.

See also

• MacTCP, support for TCP/IP in classic Mac OS until Mac OS 7.5.1.
• Open Transport, support for TCP/IP in classic Mac OS 7.5.2 to 9.2.2.

External links

• Enter advanced TCP/IP settings on Mac at Apple Support
  • TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products
  • Using TCP/IP Instead of AppleTalk on Your Network by Apple Support (1998-11-02, mirrored at MIT)
• TCP/IP stacks for the Apple II at Mac GUI
• TCP/IP at Wikipedia

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