# What is TCP/IP?

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**What is TCP/IP?**
TCP/IP, short for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; It is the name given to all the rules set for computers to exchange information over local networks or the internet. In this way, although there are more than a hundred families of information communication protocols, it is called TCP/IP because it is the most common. In order to provide information communication between two computers, both parties must have accepted this protocol.