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TCP Does

The function of TCP is to control the transfer of data such that it is reliable. On networks like the Internet, data is transmitted in packets, which are units of data that are sent independently on the network, and are reassembled once they reach the destination to give back the original data. TCP and IP work hand in hand in the stack, one above the other For example : A computer is accessing a web page, it uses the HTTP protocol to get the web page in HTML, TCP controls the transmission,IP the channeling on the network (e.g the Internet), and WiFi the transmission on the local area network.