The Internet protocol suite is the set of
communications protocols that implements the
protocol stack on which the
Internet and many commercial networks run. It is part of the
TCP/IP
protocol suite, which is named after two of the most
important protocols in it: the
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the
Internet Protocol (IP), which were also the first two
networking protocols defined. A review of TCP/IP is given under
that heading. Note that today's TCP/IP networking represents a
synthesis of two developments that began in the 1970's, namely
LAN's (Local Area Networks) and the Internet, that revolutionalised computing.
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