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TCP TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is an important network protocol that lets two hosts connect and exchange data streams. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/TCP
IP The Internet Protocol (IP) is a protocol, or set of rules, for routing and addressing packets of data so that they can travel across networks and arrive at the correct destination https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/internet-protocol/
TCP/IP The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the set of communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria. The foundational protocols in the suite are the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and the Internet Protocol (IP). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_protocol_suite