what is tcp/ip model

1. TCP/IP is a protocol stack or protocol suite or group of related protocols, each working together with in a prescribed standard.


2. TCP/IP is the most popular model or a standard used for the connections to the internet.


3. TCP/IP is set of rules/protocols for communication on internet.


4. TCP/IP is the communication protocol for communication between computers connected to the internet.


5. TCP/IP software is built in all the major operating systems, such as windows, unix, mac o.s. The purpose of TCP/IP development was to allow computers to communicate over long distance networks.


6. Internet Browser and Internet Servers uses TCP/IP to connect to the internet. Your Browser uses TCP/IP to access internet servers, and servers uses TCP/IP to send HTML back to your browser.


7. The Standard defines how computers should be connected to the internet , and how the data should be transmitted between them.


8. In TCP/IP, ech protocol work together, they perform specific function but they inter-relate and depend on each other within a standard.


Protocol: A protocol is an agreement between the two communicating parties on how the communication should proceed.


Protocol are rules for communications on a network.


Networking software is organized as a protocol.


A communication protocol is a description of rules computers must follow to communicate with each other.