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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a protocol developed for the internet to get data from one network device to another wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Initialism of to complete party (followed by total number in group. Code used in OSI to advise an airline that other passengers are travelling with a person but are booked separately) abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 2
   Initialism of thienyl cyclohexylpiperidine: tenocyclidine, a disassociative anesthetic drug with hallucinogenic properties. (Compare PCP.) abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

   "5 percent of street THC samples are combinations of TCP and PCC."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of Transmission Control Protocol. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 2
   A brand of mild antiseptic, originally formulated with trichlorophenylmethyliodosalicyl.

   "'Is it all right to put some TCP on that ulcer?'"

Synonyms

All synonyms

transmission control protocoltransmission control protocol

Example

More examples

"Your video chat app isn't fast enough, because it uses TCP."

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