The TCP Protocol: A High-Level Overview
TCP, or Transfer Control Protocol, is a fundamental component of the Internet and various other applications such as Email. Originally defined in 1981 through RFC 793, TCP has a longstanding history as one of the pillars of the Internet. TCP operates on top of the Internet Protocol (IP) and serves as the foundation for application-level protocols like HTTP, FTP, IMAP, and many others. Unlike IP and UDP, TCP is a connection-oriented protocol....