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TCP. Transmission Control Protocol. A connection-based protocol responsible for breaking data into packets which the IP protocol sends over the network. This protocol provides a reliable sequenced communication stream for internetwork communication.
TCP/IP. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The suite of communications protocols the Internet uses to communicate. The primary wide area network used on the worldwide Internet. TCP/IP includes standards for how computers communicate and conventions for connecting networks and routing traffic, as well as specifications for utilities.
Telnet. The network protocol that provides virtual terminal service on TCP/IP networks.
Terminal emulation. The ability of an average, run-of-the-mill desktop computer to present itself as a certain type of terminal hooked up to a mainframe computer. This can only be done with the right software called terminal emulation software.
Terminal server. A device that connects many terminals to a LAN through one network connection. A terminal server can also connect many network users to its asynchronous ports for dial-out capabilities and printer access.
TIFF. Tagged Image File Format. A bitmapped graphics file format used frequently for images read in using a scanner. TIFF files are high-resolution dot images.
Transfer Protocol. In a URL, this identifies the set of standard transfer procedures that will be used to access and exchange information on the Internet and the Web. Examples of transfer protocols are http and ftp. A transfer protocol is an example of a resource type.
Trojan. A computer program that carries within itself a means to allow the creator of the program access to the system using it. See See Viruses in Depth
TRUSTe. An organization offering an online privacy seal program that certifies eligible Web sites and holds Web sites to a baseline privacy standard. This key privacy watchdog organization plays an important enforcement role in the dispute and resolution of privacy issues.
TSR. (Terminate and stay resident). Describes programs that the user can load into the computer and then forget about until they’re needed, even while working with other programs. Pressing a special key combination will cause the TSR program to ‘pop up’, or activate, so that it can be used; it may then also be possible to paste data generated by the TSR into the application in use. For example, a pop-up address book might supply the details to be added to a letter being produced in a word processor. Since multitasking (e.g. under Windows) became commonplace, it’s possible to flip between ordinary applications and the need for TSRs is disappearing.

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