tcp

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	communications protocol, protocol,
definition	:	(computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	tcp/ip, transmission control protocol/internet protocol,
definition	:	a set of protocols (including TCP) developed for the internet in the 1970s to get data from one network device to another (noun.communication)