15.11.6 What Is The Difference Between TCP And UDP?
Description: Explains why the Internet provides two principal transport protocols, compares reliability and latency, and discusses the types of applications best suited to each protocol.
- Why Does the Internet Need Transport Protocols?
- Why Are There Two Different Protocols?
- What Is TCP?
- Why Is Reliability Important?
- Does Reliability Have a Cost?
- What Is UDP?
- Why Would Anyone Accept Lost Packets?
- Which Applications Use UDP?
- Which Protocol Is Faster?
- How Do Applications Choose Between TCP and UDP?
- Do Users Need to Choose the Protocol?
- Can TCP and UDP Be Used Together?
- Will TCP and UDP Continue to Be Used?
- What Should You Remember?