AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is TCP?
TCP (also called Transmission Control Protocol): Transmission Control Protocol, a transport protocol that provides reliable, ordered delivery of data by establishing a connection, numbering bytes, acknowledging receipt and resending anything lost. Web pages, email and file transfers rely on it.
TCP: an example
If one packet of a file download is lost, TCP notices and asks for it again so the file arrives complete.
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Where you learn it
TCP is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.