The Origins of TCP/IP
TCP/IP gets its name from the most widely used protocols in the suite: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the OSI-RM Level 4 protocol that provides connection- oriented data transport service, and Internet Protocol (IP), the OSI-RM Level 3 protocol that provides datagram delivery and addressing facilities. Early in TCP/IP's development, its capability to provide network connectivity between different types of hosts was extolled as one of its greatest virtues.
This virtue has made TCP/IP the protocol on which most client/server computing is based. Most interactive application layer protocols use the client/server model to exchange data. Client/server is a transaction-based processing model. The client represents the user ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access