Transmission Control Protocol
nounid
4480·updated May 9, 2026verified
A connection-based Internet protocol that supports reliable data transfer connections Scope Note: Packet data are verified using checksums and retransmitted if they are missing or corrupted. The application plays no part in validating the transfer.
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.05.02 ¶ 23.2.1 ¶ 62
Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Variants
- acronym
- TCP
- synonym
- TCP
- plural
- Transmission Control Protocols
- possessive
- Transmission Control Protocol's
- pluralpossessive
- Transmission Control Protocols'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A set of rules (protocol) used along with the Internet Protocol to send data in the form of message units between computers over the Internet. While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet. Whereas the IP protocol deals only with packets, TCP enables two hosts to establish a connection and exchange streams of data. TCP guarantees delivery of data and also guarantees that packets will be delivered in the same order in which they were sent.
- §1
- A connection-based Internet protocol that supports reliable data transfer connections Scope Note: Packet data are verified using checksums and retransmitted if they are missing or corrupted. The application plays no part in validating the transfer.
- §1
- a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A connection-based Internet protocol that supports reliable data transfer connections Scope Note: Packet data are verified using checksums and retransmitted if they are missing or corrupted. The application plays no part in validating the transfer.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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