TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol and is a suite of communication protocols used to interconnect network devices on the internet
. It was designed and developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) in the 1960s and is based on standard protocols
. The TCP/IP model is a concise version of the OSI model and contains four layers, unlike the seven layers in the OSI model
. The TCP/IP model and its related protocols are now maintained by the Internet Engineering Task Force
. The entire IP suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP, and it is widely used to establish links and network interaction
. The TCP/IP protocols lay out standards on which the internet was created, while the OSI model provides guidelines on how
. The TCP/IP model defines how devices should transmit data between them and enables communication which ensures multiple TCP socket connections can be transferred in both directions concurrently
