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... The Institute has been actively helping national and international voluntary standards organizations develop sets of protocol standards that can be incorporated into commercial products. Working with both industry and government agencies, the ICST has developed protocol requirements based, in terms of functions and services, on the DOD's TOP.
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... , appointed a special Committee on Computer-Computer Communication Protocols to study the issues and develop recommendations and guidelines for ways to resolve the differences in a mutually beneficial manner. The six items composing the committee's scope of work are as follows: Review the technical aspects of the DOD transmission control and ICST transport protocols.
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