Next, you learn about the 4-layer IP stack and differences between the transport-layer protocols Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

The "TCP" refers to the transmission control protocol, and such connections also send data regarding the receipt of information: The receiver in a TCP/IP connection notifies the sender whether or ...

There are two main data transfer protocols -- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). If you only had to know one fact about each protocol, it's that TCP is slower ...

This article covers another aspect of network connection control that can help maximize sendfile () capabilities in real life situations—setting TCP/IP options to control socket behavior.

The next version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)—the network protocol that defines how browsers talk to Web servers—is going to make a major break from the versions in use today ...

The most popular way to do that is to use TCP, the Transmission Control Protocol. TCP runs on top of "best-effort datagram service" and turns that into a " bidirectional reliable ordered byte ...

Transmission Control is an essential aspect of network activity and governs the behavior of many services we take for granted. When sending your emails or just browsing the web you are relying on TCP ...

— On January 1, 1983, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP) were accepted as the standard protocols for the ARPANET and other computer networks.

Microsoft this week described QUIC, an Internet transport layer protocol alternative to the venerable Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), in an announcement.

This article provides a brief introduction to the IETF Stream Control Transmission Protocol and explains how it can be used as a replacement for TCP. In future articles, we will examine additional ...