FEATURES OF TCP/IP
What are the Features of TCP/IP?
Here i am going to explain about what are the features/applications of TCP/IP. The industry was using TCP/IP around 35 years. It is a tested and proved protocol suit.
1: Multi-Vendor Support. TCP/IP is implemented by many hardware and software vendors. It is an industry standard and not limited to any specific vendor.
2: Interoperability. Today we can work in a heterogeneous network because of TCP/IP. A user who is sitting on a windows box can download files from a linux machine, because both Operating Systems support TCP/IP. TCP/IP eliminates the cross-platform boundaries.
3: Error Control and Flow Control. The TCP/IP protocol has features that ensure the reliable delivery of data from source computer to the destination computer. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) defines many of these error-checking, flow-control, and acknowledgement fuctions.
2: Interoperability. Today we can work in a heterogeneous network because of TCP/IP. A user who is sitting on a windows box can download files from a linux machine, because both Operating Systems support TCP/IP. TCP/IP eliminates the cross-platform boundaries.
3: Error Control and Flow Control. The TCP/IP protocol has features that ensure the reliable delivery of data from source computer to the destination computer. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) defines many of these error-checking, flow-control, and acknowledgement fuctions.