What is TCP/IP?
TCP/IP is a name given to the collection (or suite) of networking protocols that have been used to construct the global Internet.The TCP/IP name is taken from two of the fundamental protocols in the collection, IP (Inernet Protocol) and TCP. These protocols work together to provide a basic networking framework that is used by many different application protocols, each tuned to achieving a particular goal. TCP/IP protocols are not used only on the Internet. They are also widely used to build private networks, called internets (spelled with a small ‘i’), that may or may not be connected to the global Internet (spelled with a capital ‘I’). An internet that is used exclusively by one organization is sometimes called an intranet.
