The TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) model and the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model are conceptual frameworks used to describe how data is transmitted over a network.

Whether it’s wired or wireless, most data communications today happens by way of packets of information travelling over one or more networks. But before these networks can work together, though, they ...

The TCP/IP Model (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is a 4-layer networking model designed by the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1970s. It serves as the foundation of the modern ...

In 1982, the Reston, Va.-based Internet Engineering Task Force (www.ietf.org) standardized the transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite of protocols. But, the first ...