History of TCP-IP

	Revision 11 . . (edit) December 15, 2001 4:07 pm by (logged).169.238.xxx [*spelling correction]
	Revision 10 . . December 8, 2001 1:11 am by AxelBoldt [Don't start a definition with a negative.]
	Revision 9 . . (edit) October 29, 2001 11:36 am by Coasting

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Changed: 1c1

TCP/IP is not just a protocol, but a protocol suite. It encompasses many protocols, such as IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IGMP? and so on.

TCP/IP is the suite of protocols used on the internet. It encompasses many protocols, such as IP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, IGMP? and others.

Changed: 3c3

The TCP/IP suite (like its conterpart, the OSI model) uses the principal of a "stack". Each level of the protocol stack solves some set of problems, and has a "payload" area. The "payload" (data) contains data in another higher-level protocol, which solves a different set of problems. And so on.

The TCP/IP suite (like its counterpart, the OSI model) uses the principal of a "stack". Each level of the protocol stack solves some set of problems, and has a "payload" area. The "payload" (data) contains data in another higher-level protocol, which solves a different set of problems. And so on.