Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject Computer Science - Technical Computer Science, grade: 1,0 (A), University of Hannover (Informatik), course: Technical English, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The is a short introduction to the TCP/IP protocol. The TCP/IP protocol is the foundation of all internet communication. This is an overview of the technical specification and the application of TCP/IP.