Known as TCP, the Transmission Control Protocol is core to the functioning of the the Internet.
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Yet TCP is facing a new problem: technology used in energy-efficient light bulbs is changing.
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For its work promoting energy efficiency, TCP has received U.S. Department of Energy awards.
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Establishing TCP connections for each request consumes time and resources that slow down traditional browsers.
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To keep up with rivals, Yan, 56, says family-run TCP may have to look for outside capital.
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Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of TCP, versus GLF and HEP.
We treated every mission the same, whether we were conducting a traffic control point (TCP) or were capturing terrorists.
This approach reduces latency that would otherwise result from constantly establishing TCP connections.
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Importantly, today TCP and IP (described in RFCs 760 and 761) exist in the public domain, owned by no one and used by everyone.
By reusing TCP connections, TCP multiplexing can reduce CPU utilization by 60 to 90 percent depending on the application and the number of connections.
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Today, at age 82, Hammer is a consultant working for TCP.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, TCP makes up 1.69% of the MLP ETF ( AMEX: MLPA )which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Friday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, TCP makes up 1.80% of the Global X SuperDividend U.S. ETF ( AMEX: DIV )which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Thursday.
Other than a couple of tweaks to the house rules ("NO DRAFT, NO FRIES, NO TALKING TO IMAGINARY PEOPLE"), the TCP is just as it was the day it opened in 1976.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, TCP makes up 1.80% of the Global X SuperDividend U.S. ETF ( AMEX: DIV )which is trading lower by about 0.1% on the day Thursday.
Analysts at firms including Symantec (nasdaq: SYMC - news - people ) say an increased amount of traffic on TCP Port 445 may be the result of potential intruders scanning computers for weaknesses and that similar scans have preceded the release of other Internet worms.
Although TCP does some of its bulb business as it did when it first started by putting the name of private-label name of customers such as Home Depot and Office Depot on its bulbs, more than half of its shipments of nearly 300 million bulbs last year or more than 40% of the total North American CFL purchases were sold in big chains such as Wal-Mart and Sears under the TCP brand.
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