Host-to-Host Protocol

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Host-to-Host Protocol was an early ARPANET communication protocol that provided reliable end-to-end data transfer between computers, serving as a precursor to modern transport protocols like TCP.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ARPANET protocol
computer network protocol
transport-layer protocol
abstractionFrom underlying packet-switching details
alternativeName ARPANET protocol suite
surface form: ARPANET Host-to-Host Protocol
basedOn connection-oriented communication
category historic Internet protocol
designedBy Network Working Group
surface form: ARPANET Network Working Group
developedFor ARPANET
distinguishedFrom IMP-to-IMP protocol
documentationContext early ARPANET RFCs
goal reliable host-to-host communication
historicalPeriod early 1970s
late 1960s
influenced Transmission Control Protocol
influencedBy early time-sharing systems communication needs
networkLayer transport layer
operatedOver ARPANET Interface Message Processor platform
surface form: ARPANET packet-switching layer

Interface Message Processor
surface form: Interface Message Processors
predecessorOf Transmission Control Protocol
surface form: TCP
provides flow control
multiplexing of connections
reliable end-to-end data transfer
purpose standardize communication between ARPANET hosts
reliabilityMechanism acknowledgment of data
retransmission on error
replacedBy Transmission Control Protocol
role precursor to TCP
scope end-to-end between hosts
status obsolete
supports full-duplex communication
usedOnNetwork ARPANET
uses logical connections between hosts

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ARPANET protocol suite hasComponent Host-to-Host Protocol