[Trae Johnson]

TCP/IP is known as Transport Connection Protocol/ Internet Protocol and it’s purpose is to designate the connection between network broadcast addresses, network host addresses, and network user addresses. From what I understand, it works similar to echo location in the wild life but it operates in both directions between network and host. How a bat lets off a soundwave when searching for other bats or prey and the sound wave returns to the bat once it has bounced off of either walls, animals, insects, or whatever the sound wave makes contact with. The bat is then able to designate locations, sizes, and distances from the connections made by the sound wave. In our case, a network broadcaster, host, and user are all communicating through this ping “echo location”. Any information that is recognized as a request from the user ping to the broadcaster. The ping is then returned by the broadcaster through disseminated information, as all connected devices will receive the ping from the broadcaster. If the network host does not recognize the information, it will drop the information there. If the information is recognized, it will push the ping through to the user. If the user device does not recognize the ping, it will drop it and if it does then the request will be accepted. I know this is not a practical way to describe the process and how it TCP/IP works, but it is the closest example I could think of to explain it in my opinion and understanding.