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@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ used to implement flow control.
 #### Example: sending a server object
 
 The `sendHandle` argument can be used, for instance, to pass the handle of
-a TSCP server object to the child process as illustrated in the example below:
+a TCP server object to the child process as illustrated in the example below:
 
 ```js
 const child = require('child_process').fork('child.js');