Glossary

User datagram protocol

UDP—a protocol that provides a procedure for application programs to send messages to other programs with a minimum protocol mechanism. UDP is transaction-oriented, and delivery and duplicate protection are not guaranteed. This is a connectionless protocol that does not verify the source of the transmission.

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