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User Datagram Protocol

User Datagram Protocol proper noun: a communications protocol that has no error recovery features, and is mostly used to stream material over the Internet.

Proper noun

the User Datagram Protocol

  1. (Internet) A communications protocol that has no error recovery features, and is mostly used to stream material over the Internet.
    • This User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is defined to make available a datagram mode of packet-switched computer communication in the environment of an interconnected set of computer networks.1980 August 28, Jon Postel, “User Datagram Protocol”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 768
    Synonyms:
    UDP

Synonyms of User Datagram Protocol

Questions about User Datagram Protocol

What does User Datagram Protocol mean?
User Datagram Protocol means a communications protocol that has no error recovery features, and is mostly used to stream material over the Internet.
What part of speech is User Datagram Protocol?
User Datagram Protocol is a proper noun.

Words near User Datagram Protocol in the dictionary

  1. user bases
  2. user charge
  3. user charges
  4. user control
  5. user controls
  6. User Datagram Protocol
  7. user experience
  8. user experiences
  9. user friendly
  10. user group
  11. user groups

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