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What are the differences between voip and tcp/ip?

I'm confused at these two types of digital telephony. Please site any sources of data.

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1. Voip uses UDP instead of TCP. I'd say that Voip (over UDP) is better. Here's the technical explanation: When your computer uses TCP, it's sending data in a very organized way - taking time to acknowledge the data packets, set them up, and send them off. UDP on the other hand does a constant 'spray' of data packets, with less time and power needed to send the packets. Hope this helped. Good forum post on this topic: http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1160067&page=1
2. Hey, TCP/IP is not actually a kind of digital telephone service. The TCP/IP protocol is actually the protocol that the entire Internet runs on. Anything you do that connects more than one computer, you can bet it is based on the TCP/IP protocol. VoIP, or Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) is just a general term for describing any type of phone-like service in which the data travels over the Internet. One well known example is Skype. The term VoIP does not refer to any particular technology. Hope this helps! Connor
3. TCP/IP is not a digital telephony protocol. It stands for "Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol", and is used for all Internet traffic, regardless of content. VOIP, or "Voice Over Internet Protocol" is a generic term for taking a digital telephony data stream, compressing it and breaking it up into packets that can be sent over a packet switched network like the Internet, using TCP/IP.
4. TCP/IP is a protocol "suite". In other words, it is a group of protocols (two of them are TCP and IP, but there are many others. TCP/IP is sometimes referred to as "IP" (Internet Protocol). VoIP means "voice over IP". you can read a good and brief introduction on what is VoIP on the article I post on the link below.