TCP and UDP are transport layer protocol, Layer 4 protocol in OSI (open systems interconnection model). The main difference along with pros and cons are as following.

For general protocol message exchange, which can tolerate some packet loss. How much more efficient is UDP over TCP?

Jul 3, 2013 · The interface/API presented to you the user (programmer) of these protocols are: UDP Message oriented, you have an API (send/recv and similar) that provide you with the ability to send …

Mar 10, 2014 · I know the difference between the two on a technical level. But in real life, can anyone provide examples (the more the better) of applications (uses) of TCP and UDP to demonstrate the …

I just came home from my exam in network-programming, and one of the question they asked us was "If you are going to stream video, would you use TCP or UDP? Give an explanation for both stored vide...

Mar 22, 2023 · TCP vs UDP for streaming and real time communications is a long running and ongoing discussion. I suspect you'll find there is no single 'right' answer. In very high level terms UDP does …

Jul 12, 2016 · Last, as udp and tcp are different protocols, they require different settings in firewalls to allow passing through to the server if the server is behind a firewall. Also you can't send data from a …

The main difference between TCP and UDP sockets is that UDP is conectionless and doesn't use any confirmation that the other end received the data. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of …

No, you can't. TCP is a protocol for communication between exactly two endpoints. Compared to UDP it features reliable transport, that means, that packets get not only send, but it is expected that the peer …

Apr 6, 2015 · For TCP sockets you should have used bind(), listen() and accept() methods for server sockets and connect() or connect_ex() for client sockets. Whereas for UDP sockets you won't need …