Answer:
TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol and is a set of protocols used to interconnect/connect network devices on the internet. think of it as a set of rules that kind of tell how the network works/ or should work, and what boundaries there are.
TCP/IP specifies how data is exchanged, via the internet. It basically provides communications that identify how/what packets the data should be distributed in, as well as, addressed, transmitted, and received at the destination.
TCP/IP requires a central management so it is capable of making networks reliable, and the added ability of recovering info/data automatically from any failure on any device on the network chain.
TCP also defines how applications can create access and channels of communication across a certain or any network. Like I mentioned before, it manages how a message (a message can be any type of data that is being sent from one user to another, or and pieces of data that are being transmitted to and through various areas) is assembled into smaller packets before they travel across the internet and reassemble in the right order once reached at the destination address.
IP defines how to address and route each packet to make sure it reaches, said, destination. Each gateway computer on the network checks the IP address to determine where to forward the message.
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ASCII:
it is the American Standard Code for Information Interchange and is pronounced as (ask-ee).
This is a special code all machines use to receive and deliver data.
This standardized code will allow computers to translate data in the form of special characters.
Because ASCII is a standardized code for all computers, it's easier for them to share information this way without losing data in the translation.
*think about an iPhone sending a message to an Android. two different softwares, so how can messages be sent in the correct order and without any data being lost?