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--- udp [2025/10/04 07:10] – created plida
+++ udp [2025/10/04 07:15] (current) – plida
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 ====== UDP ======
-UDP is a [[network-layer_transport|layer 4]] connectionless communication protocol for time-sensitive transmissions. It does not establish connections nor does it keep track of what it sent and how successfully.
+User Datagram Protocol is a [[network-layer_transport|layer 4]] connectionless communication protocol for time-sensitive transmissions. It does not establish connections nor does it keep track of what it sent and how successfully.
 UDP is faster but less reliable than [[tcp|TCP]].
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-It's used in [[DNS|DNS]] lookups or in Network Time Protocols (the query is very simple).
+It's used in [[DNS|DNS]] lookups or in Network Time Protocols (since the queries are very simple), RIP, DHCP and so on.