TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transmission control protocol mean? 

• TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (noun)
  The noun TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL has 1 sense:

1. a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another

  Familiarity information: TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

TCP; transmission control protocol

Context example:

TCP uses a retransmission strategy to insure that data will not be lost in transmission

Hypernyms ("transmission control protocol" is a kind of...):

communications protocol; protocol ((computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data)

Holonyms ("transmission control protocol" is a part of...):

TCP/IP; transmission control protocol/internet protocol (a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another)