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user datagram protocol

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  • noun Technical meaning of user datagram protocol (protocol)   (UDP) Internet standard network layer, transport layer and session layer protocols which provide simple but unreliable datagram services. UDP is defined in STD 6, RFC 768. It adds a checksum and additional process-to-process addressing information [to what?]. UDP is a connectionless protocol which, like TCP, is layered on top of IP. UDP neither guarantees delivery nor does it require a connection. As a result it is lightweight and efficient, but all error processing and retransmission must be taken care of by the application program. 1
  • noun user datagram protocol (Internet) A communications protocol that has no error recovery features, and is mostly used to send streamed material over the Internet. 0
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