What TCP/IP Does

• Detect and correct bit errors

• Resend lost, damaged, and misrouted packets

• Ignore duplicated packets & messages

• Guarantees packet & message order

• Fragmentation/reassembly

• Multiplexing/demultiplexing

• Flow control

• Congestion control (Jacobson)

• Stream oriented

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