Definitions for "TCP / IP"
a set of communications protocols to connect different types of computers over networks.
Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. A standard format for transmitting data from one computer to another. TCP deals with the construction of the data. IP routes the data from one computer to another.
Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol – This is the protocol that defines the Internet. TCP / IP was originally designed for the unix operating system, but is today available for every major kind of computer operating system.