TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (or TCP/IP) is a set of rules for the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) network model. In a network model, a "layer" is another word for an application. The U.S. Department of Defense developed the TCP/IP over 15 years, and it is now viewed as the unofficial standard for network and transport layers.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
While it might sound complicated, TCP/IP is as simple as this: the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol allows internet-connected devices to communicate with other internet-connected devices. Small to midsize businesses depend on many different TCP/IP applications, including HTTP, FTP, and SMTP, to keep their business and technology up and running.
Related terms
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Intranet
- SLO (Service-Level Objective)
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Scalability
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Data Center
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Synchronous
- Multitenancy
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT Services
- Authorization
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
