Protocol - Set of rules and regulation which are necessary for communicatign the data between on or more computer.
TCP/IP- In same manner Transmission control Protocol and Internet Protocol are the group of the protocl which is supported by various operating system (windows , linux , sun , machintosh , polaris etc.) for communicating data frquently without interupption.
These protocols are follows IEEE standards.
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TCP/IP- is a suite of protocols used for computer to computer communication. It has 5 layers. It consists of 4 layers which is an improved version of OSI MODEL wherein the seven layers have been reduced to 4 layers. Application; Transport; IP Layer; Physical Access Layer.
tcp/ip is implemented within the kernel in all the operating systems. There is no explicit way to configure tcp/ip. All you can do is configure protocols of the suite like ftp http etc..
Protocol - Set of rules and regulation which are necessary for communicatign the data between on or more computer.
TCP/IP- In same manner Transmission control Protocol and Internet Protocol are the group of the protocl which is supported by various operating system (windows linux sun machintosh polaris etc.) for communicating data frquently without interupption.
TCP/IP full form is transmission control protocol / Internet protocol
TCP/IP is the commucation protocol in simple terms . Protocol here means set of rules being defined to establish connection between two nodes and have secure transfer between them.
There are various protocols to talk about when we are focusing tcp/ip
1) TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) 2) IP ( Internet Protocol ) 3) UDP ( User Datagram Protocol ) 4) ICMP ( internet Control Message Protocol ) 5) DHCP ( Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
TCP and UDP
TCP is basically concerned with the communication between the applications over the internet. It is reliable than UDP ( User datagram Protocol ). It is connection oriented protocol.
Responsibility of TCP is to create packet before it has been sent through network.
IP
IP here means Internet Protocol. It is connection less protocol. As it is connection less communication protocol it does not occupy communication line between the computers. This reduces the need of network lines. So many computer can interact each other.
Responsibility of IP protocol is to send the packet form by TCP to the destination. It should be send in correct address.
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol
ICMP takes care of error handling in the network.
DHCP
DHCP is used for allocation of dynamic IP addresses to computers in a network
Lastly i want to say that tcp and ip works together to have secure data transfer from one computer to another.
TCP/IP is Transmission Control Protocal/Internet Protocol
Wihtout NIC (Network Interface Card) TCP/IP cannot be installed. This is used for sharing computer data and files and also to share internet connections.
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