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.
Unix manual page: udp(4).
[Postel, Jon, User Datagram Protocol, RFC 768, Network Information Center, SRI
International, Menlo Park, Calif., August 1980].
(1998-02-11)
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