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TCP is a connection-oriented protocol that provides reliable data transmission through packet reordering and error checking. It is slower than UDP but ensures correct and ordered delivery. UDP is a connectionless protocol that prioritizes speed over reliability, with no guarantee that packets will arrive or in the proper order. It has a smaller header size and is easier to implement than TCP.

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Assignment 01: by M. Usama Javed

TCP is a connection-oriented protocol that provides reliable data transmission through packet reordering and error checking. It is slower than UDP but ensures correct and ordered delivery. UDP is a connectionless protocol that prioritizes speed over reliability, with no guarantee that packets will arrive or in the proper order. It has a smaller header size and is easier to implement than TCP.

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3/25/2015

Assignment 01
By M. Usama Javed

Submitted to: Sit Mir Yasir

TCP vs UDP
1-TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol while UDP stands for User Datagram
Protocol Protocol.
2-TCP is a connection-oriented protocol and UDP is a connectionless protocol. As a
message reaches from one computer to another. This is connection based method used in
TCP while UDP is also a protocol used in message transport or transfer. UDP is not
connection based which means that one program can send a load of packets to another PC
without establishing a connection.
3-TCP is suited for applications that require high data reliability, and transmission time is
relatively less important. And, UDP is suitable for applications that need fast, real-time
efficient transmission, such as Live Matches, games.
4-TCP rearranges data packets into a specified order. UDP has no order as all packets are
not arranged. If ordering is required in uDP, it has to be managed by the application layer.
5-TCP header size is 20 bytes and UDP Header size is 8 bytes.
6-The speed for TCP is slower than UDP. It is obvious from their header sizes. UDP is
faster because there is no error-checking for packets.
7-For TCP, There is absolute guarantee that the data received is correct and it arrives in
the same order in which it was sent. For UDP, There is no guarantee that the messages or
packets sent would reach at all.
8-In TCP, Data is read as a byte stream, no distinguishing indications are transmitted to
signal message (segment) boundaries. Packets are sent individually and are checked for
integrity only if they arrive.
9-TCP is complex to implement. TCP requires three packets to set up a socket connection,
before any user data can be sent. TCP handles reliability and congestion control. UDP is
easy to implement. There is no ordering of messages, and no tracking connections in UDP.

10-TCP does Flow Control. TCP requires three packets to set up a socket connection,
before any user data can be sent. TCP handles reliability and congestion control. UDP
does not have an option for flow control.
11-TCP sends an acknowledgement message back to sender while UPD does not.
12-TCP uses a three-hand shake method while UDP does not.

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