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Introduction To TCP

TCP/IP was developed by the Department of Defense to connect different computer networks into a global network. It provides basic services like file transfer and email across many systems. TCP/IP allows multiple computers on a local area network to connect to enterprise and regional networks and ultimately the global Internet. It was designed to be robust and automatically recover from failures to allow very large networks to function with less management. However, automatic recovery can prevent problems from being diagnosed and resolved quickly.

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Introduction To TCP

TCP/IP was developed by the Department of Defense to connect different computer networks into a global network. It provides basic services like file transfer and email across many systems. TCP/IP allows multiple computers on a local area network to connect to enterprise and regional networks and ultimately the global Internet. It was designed to be robust and automatically recover from failures to allow very large networks to function with less management. However, automatic recovery can prevent problems from being diagnosed and resolved quickly.

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Introduction to TCP/IP

Summary: TCP and IP were developed by a Department of Defense (DOD) research project to connect a number different networks designed by different vendors into a network of networks (the "Internet"). It was initially successful because it delivered a few basic services that everyone needs (file transfer, electronic mail, remote logon) across a very large number of client and server systems. Several computers in a small department can use TCP/IP (along with other protocols) on a single LAN. The IP component provides routing from the department to the enterprise network, then to regional networks, and finally to the global Internet. On the battlefield a communications network will sustain damage, so the DOD designed TCP/IP to be robust and automatically recover from any node or phone line failure. This design allows the construction of very large networks with less central management. However, because of the automatic recovery, network problems can go undiagnosed and uncorrected for long periods of time. As with all other communications protocol, TCP/IP is composed of layers:

IP - is responsible for moving packet of data from node to node. IP forwards each packet based on a four byte destination address (the IP number). The Internet authorities assign ranges of numbers to different organizations. The organizations assign groups of their numbers to departments. IP operates on gateway machines that move data from department to organization to region and then around the world. TCP - is responsible for verifying the correct delivery of data from client to server. Data can be lost in the intermediate network. TCP adds support to detect errors or lost data and to trigger retransmission until the data is correctly and completely received. Sockets - is a name given to the package of subroutines that provide access to TCP/IP on most systems.

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