TCP/IP

abbreviation for

1. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol: a communications protocol for computer networks, the main protocol for the internet.

TCP/IP

1. Short for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A suite of protocols for communication between computers, specifying standards for transmitting data over networks and used as the basis for standard Internet protocols.

Word History and Origins

Origin of TCP/IP¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Without the TCP/IP protocol, for instance, we wouldn’t have the internet.

From Seattle Times

It is more helpful to describe it similarly to defining the internet as TCP/IP, the internet protocol suite.

From The Verge

You are not talking about replacing SSL or TCP/IP, the transport layer protocols.

From The Verge

Some of the vulnerable TCP/IP code is two decades old; some of it is no longer supported, Costante added.

From Fox News

Some of the vulnerable TCP/IP code is two decades old; some of it no longer supported, Costante added.

From Seattle Times