TCP/IP
What TCP/IP means in Computer Science GCSE, as defined for OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: OCR
The foundational suite in which IP handles addressing and routing, while TCP provides reliable, ordered delivery by segmenting data and checking for errors.
The suite governing how data is packetised, addressed, routed and reassembled across networks, with TCP checking delivery and IP handling addressing.
Topics that use TCP/IP
- Wired and wireless networks, protocols and layers (OCR GCSE)
- Networks (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- HTTPS
- IMAP
- Addressing at different layers
- Bandwidth
- Bus topology
- Central management and access
- Encapsulation and de-encapsulation
- Encryption
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