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Line 6: The TCP/IP model describes a set of general design guidelines and implementations of specific networking protocols to enable computers to communicate over a [[Computer network\|network]]. TCP/IP provides end-to-end connectivity specifying how data should be formatted, addressed, transmitted, [[routing\|routed]] and received at the destination. Protocols exist for a variety of different types of communication services between computers. TCP/IP has four [[abstraction layer]]s as defined in RFC 1122. This layer architecture is often compared with the seven-layer [[OSI model]]; using terms such as ''Internet reference model'', incorrectly, however, because it is descriptive while the OSI ~~reference~~ model was intended to be prescriptive, hence being a reference model. The TCP/IP model and related protocols are maintained by the [[Internet Engineering Task Force]] (IETF).

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