COMPUTER NETWORKING

TRANSPORT LAYER

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is a characteristic of UDP?
A
UDP datagrams take the same path and arrive in the correct order at the destination.​
B
Applications that use UDP are always considered unreliable.​
C
UDP reassembles the received datagrams in the order they were received.
D
UDP only passes data to the network when the destination is ready to receive the data.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the case of UDP, the datagrams are sent in some order will be received in the same order is not guaranteed as the datagrams are not numbered. The UDP protocol uses different port numbers so that the data can be sent to the correct destination. The port numbers are defined between 0 and 1023.

Detailed explanation-2: -What does a client do when it has UDP datagrams to send? It just sends the datagrams. It queries the server to see if it is ready to receive data.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following is not a characteristic of the UDP protocol? UDP does not provide reliable data transfer because it does not guarantee delivery.

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