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TCP/IP
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/TCP IP/ , n. 1. [Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol] The
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wide-area-networking protocol that makes the Internet work, and the only one
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most hackers can speak the name of without laughing or retching. Unlike such
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allegedly standard competitors such as X.25, DECnet, and the ISO 7-layer
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stack, TCP/IP evolved primarily by actually being used , rather than being
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handed down from on high by a vendor or a heavily-politicized standards
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committee. Consequently, it (a) works, (b) actually promotes cheap
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cross-platform connectivity, and (c) annoys the hell out of corporate and
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governmental empire-builders everywhere. Hackers value all three of these
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properties. See creationism. 2. [Amateur Packet Radio] Formerly expanded as
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The Crap Phil Is Pushing. The reference is to Phil Karn, KA9Q, and the
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context was an ongoing technical/political war between the majority of sites
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still running AX.25 and the TCP/IP relays. TCP/IP won.
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