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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Sunday, August 4, 2002 5:04:48 pm | by PerryLorier | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Thursday, July 25, 2002 10:07:18 pm | by WikiAdmin | Revert |
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-[Acronym] for __U__ser __D__ata __P__rotocol.
+[Acronym] for __U__ser __D__ata __P__rotocol. See UserDatagramProtocol
Basically multiuser [IP], over the top of [IP] it adds the concepts of "ports". [UDP] is an unreliable service, packets may arrive out of order, not at all, or, in some cases corrupted[1].
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[1]: Yes, only if you disable the checksums, but some people do this per host, so you can't rely on it being set on your machine. Sigh.
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+CategoryProtocols
