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The protocols that make up a TCP/IP suite are referred to as a “stack”, because they work in stacked layers, one protocol calling an adjacent protocol. To continue the Star Trek analogy, the TCP/IP Stack would equate to the transporter room control panel. In Commodore use and experience, a TCP/IP Stack is a program that controls the flow of data across a network.
