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Internet protocol suite
The
Internet protocol suite
is the
computer networking
model and set of
communications protocols
used on the
Internet
and similar computer networks. It is commonly known as
TCP/IP
, because its most important protocols, the
Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP) and the
Internet Protocol
(IP) were the first networking protocols defined in this standard. It is occasionally known as the
DoD model
, because the development of the networking model was funded by
DARPA
, an agency of the
United States Department of Defense
.
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