TCP/IP

Set of protocols developed by the U.S. Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) during the early 1970s. Its intent was to develop ways to connect different kinds of networks and computers.

Common name for the suite of protocols developed by the U.S. DoD in the 1970s to support the construction of worldwide internetworks. TCP and IP are the two best-known protocols in the suite.

Set of protocols developed by the U.S. Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) during the early 1970s. Its intent was to develop ways to connect different kinds of networks and computers.