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You’ve no doubt heard of TCP/IP before now, but what really is it? It stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol and is the industry networking standard used most widely today. Other networking standards also exist, but with the advent of the Internet, which is solely based on the services provided by TCP/IP, and with Microsoft standardizing all platform development on the paradigm of “Internet readiness,” then it’s little wonder TCP/IP is removing all competition.
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© 2007 Jonathan Hassell and Tony Campbell
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(2007). Understanding TCP/IP. In: Windows Vista. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0368-1_13
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