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The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a core protocol of the Internet Protocol Suite. It originated in the initial network implementation in which it complemented the Internet Protocol (IP). Therefore, the entire suite is commonly referred to as TCP/IP. TCP provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of bytes between applications running on hosts communicating via an IP network. Major Internet applications such as the World Wide Web, email, remote administration, and file transfer rely on TCP. Here are some key points about TCP, one of which will be false according to typical assertions about the protocol:
1. Reliable delivery: TCP ensures that data is delivered to the destination without errors and in the same order that it was sent. This is achieved through error detection using a checksum, acknowledgments, and retransmission of lost packets.
2. Ordered data transfer: TCP rearranges data packets in the order specified.
3. Error checking: Through the use of checksums, TCP checks packets for errors. If an error is found, the faulty packet is discarded and retransmission is requested.
4. Connection-oriented: TCP is a connection-oriented protocol, which means that a connection is established and maintained until the application programs at each end have finished exchanging messages.
5. Supports Multiplexing: TCP allows multiple applications to communicate over the Internet simultaneously through the use of port numbers.
6. Speed and efficiency: TCP is designed to adapt its rate of data transmission based on the network conditions, sometimes described as being