CIT 112B Midterm TCP and UDP
What is UDP ideal for?
Applications like streaming audio and video, since the reduced overhead allows for faster communications
What are some of the services TCP provides?
packet sequencing, packet acknowledgement, and lost packet retransmission
What is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Host to host protocol that provides services that ensure accurate and timely delivery of network communications between two hosts.
What is User Datagram Protocol (UDP)?
Is a host-to-host protocol like TCP, but it does not acknowledge each packet transmitted, nor does it allow for retransmission of lost packets.
Which of the following features does UDP provide? (Select two.)
Low overhead Connectionless datagram services
What does TCP ensure?
Message delivery
