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Transmission control protocol One of the major protocols used in sending information through the Internet. Much more secure and reliable than the other major protocol, UDP. However, UDP is faster and therefore is used more with games and streaming. TCP is used for everything else, and if often referred to as TCP/IP, since it is so common.
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