TCIP/IP Transmission Communication Protocol/ Internet Protocol
On the Internet today, numbers, or Internet addresses, are used to allocate and address for each device on the network. These numbers are called Internet Protocol addresses, or IP addresses. In 1973 Development began on this protocol later to be called TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). This new protocol was to allow diverse computer networks to interconnect and communicate with each other. In 1974 TCP/IP was born. This technology was accepted by the US Government in 1978, and then became the preferred networking tool. The Department of Defense began to experiment with the TCP/IP protocol and shortly after began to use on ARPANET. January the 1st 1983 is when ARPAnet switched from NCP to TCP and is considered The 'Official Beginning' of the internet by many. Every machine connected to ARPANET had to use TCP/IP. TCP/IP became the core Internet protocol and replaced NCP entirely. |
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