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TCP/IP

T-C-P slash I-P, read as separate letters
Also Known As Internet Protocol Suite
Network and Internet Systems

The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is the framework organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar networks. Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn published its founding design in May 1974, crediting members of the International Network Working Group with important influences, and the ARPANET's migration from NCP to TCP/IP was completed on the flag day of 1 January 1983, when the new protocols were permanently activated: the day the modern Internet's common language became mandatory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year
1974 1
The founding design was published in May 1974; the ARPANET migration completed 1 January 1983.
Significance
The common protocol language of the Internet: published in 1974 and made permanent on the ARPANET flag day of 1 January 1983. 1
Connections

Associated With

ARPANET, Systems

The ARPANET migrated from NCP to TCP/IP, completed on the 1 January 1983 flag day.

Source Wikipedia: Internet Protocol Suite
The Internet, Systems

TCP/IP is the protocol framework of the Internet.

Source Wikipedia: Internet Protocol Suite

In Field

Computer Networking, Fields

Invented By

Robert Kahn, Pioneers
Source Wikipedia: Robert Kahn
Vint Cerf, Pioneers

Co-designed with Robert Kahn, with whom Cerf shares the fathers of the Internet title and the 2004 Turing Award.

Source Wikipedia: Vint Cerf
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Internet Protocol Suite
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Introduction, Early research and Adoption sections
    The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria.
  • Adoption section
    The migration of the ARPANET from NCP to TCP/IP was officially completed on flag day January 1, 1983, when the new protocols were permanently activated.
  • Early research section
    Cerf and Kahn credit several members of INWG with important influences on this design, which was published in May 1974.
  • Introduction
    The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the communication protocols used in the Internet
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Wikidata: Internet protocol suite
Wikidata Q81414, resolved via en.wikipedia pageprops (wave rule R-L)View the Source
Wikipedia: Vint Cerf
Wikimedia FoundationInvented By: Vint Cerf, Life and Career section
Quote, Invented By: Vint Cerf, Life and Career section
Cerf worked as assistant professor at Stanford University from 1972 to 1976 where he conducted research on packet network interconnection protocols and co-designed the DoD TCP/IP protocol suite with Kahn.
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Wikipedia: Robert Kahn
Wikimedia FoundationInvented By: Robert Kahn, Introduction
Quote, Invented By: Robert Kahn, Introduction
along with Vint Cerf, first proposed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP)
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