The Innovation of TCP/IP

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This paper is about a computer pioneer before the 1990s. A computer pioneer is someone who has had an impact in the development or improvement of the computer. The paper will discuss the computer pioneer’s legacy and how it has affected the change of computers. The topic of this paper is TCP/IP and their designers, Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn.

TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, which is the protocol of the Internet. In a private network, TCP/IP can be used as a communications protocol; the TCP/IP can either be an intranet or extranet. A computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program when it is set up with direct access to the Internet. (“What Is TCP/IP”)

TCP/IP is a two-layer program. The higher layer is Transmission Control Protocol. TCP manages the assembling of a message or file into smaller packets. The smaller packers are transmitted over the Internet. Then, the packers are received by a TCP layer that reassembles the packets into the original message. Internet Protocol is the lower layer. IP handles the packet’s address. IP makes sure that the packet gets to the right destination. Each gateway computer on the network checks the address to see where it should forward the message. A message has packets that are routed differently than other packets in the message; however, they will be reassembled at the destination. (“What Is TCP/IP”)

TCP/IP is a client/server model. The communication of TCP/IP is point-to-point; each communication is from point in the network to another point. TCP/IP and other applications that use TCP/IP are considered “stateless”. It is “stateless” because each request by the client is unrelated to any previous requests. The network path is freed up because of t...

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.... If Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf did not come up with TCP/IP, the Internet would probably not be the same that it is today.

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