Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!acad2.anc.alaska.edu!asjcs1 From: asjcs1@acad2.anc.alaska.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Tcp/Ip? Message-ID: <1990Dec20.022841.1@acad2.anc.alaska.edu> Date: 20 Dec 90 06:28:41 GMT Sender: usenet@ims.alaska.edu (J Random USENET) Organization: University of Alaska Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: acad2.alaska.edu I would be very apprecaive if someone in netland would explain, in simple terms what TCP/IP is. I know it's a protocal, and all of that, and I know what the letters stand for, but WHAT is it? WHat does it do? Why Tcp/Ip? Why not soemthing else? Thanks much. If there is any interest, I would be more then happy to post results, if the interest is there. Joel Sadler Asjcs1@alaska.bitnet Asjcs1@acad2.anc.alaska.edu (for the network impaired)