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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) accepts data from an application layer data stream and adds a TCP header, packaging it into a TCP segment. It is encapsulated, into an IP datagram. A TCP segment is "the packet of information that TCP uses to exchange data with its peers." [1]

For detailed information See: TCP segment structure

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