eli5: TCP/IP vs. 803.11?

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I do not understand how they are not the same thing? Is it that TCP/IP uses 803.11?

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If you mean 802.11, like in wifi, it is a way to create a wireless network to transmit data. But it is the physical media, you need to have an abstraction layer over it to connect with other devices, in particular the ones that are not in your physical network, and another layer to put “meaning” into that communication (like are you talking to a web server or a mail server?). IP does the first of those layers, and TCP the second.

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