TCP/IP, which stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, is a two-layer system by which computers communicate over the Internet. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) translates data into small “packets” of information that can be easily sent from one computer to another. Packets are assigned a target address, as well as the order in which they are to be reassembled once they reach that destination. The Internet Protocol (IP) then locates the target IP address and sends the packets over the Internet to the target computer. The target computer’s IP layer receives and transfers incoming packets to the target computer’s TCP layer. The TCP layer then reassembles the packets into useful information.