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Foil 10 The TCP/IP protocol suite

From Introduction to Architecture of World Wide Web Professional Web Certificate -- April - August 97. by Nancy J. McCracken


TCP - Transmission Control Protocol. A connection-oriented protocol used by most Internet applications to provide a reliable, full-duplex, byte stream for a user process.
UDP - User Datagram Protocol. A connectionless protocol for user processes. Also not reliable.
ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol. Handles error and control information between gateways and hosts.
IP - Internet Protocol. Provides the packet delivery service for the upper layers.
ARP - Address Resolution Protocol. Maps an Internet address into a hardware address.
RARP - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.



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