tcp/ip

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