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TCP Packet format has these fields

 Source Port(16 bits): It holds the source/transmitting application’s port number and
helps in determining the application where the data delivery is planned.

 Destination Port (16 bits): This field has the port number of the transmitting
application and helps to send the data to the appropriate application.

 Sequence Number (32 bits): It ensures that the data is received in proper order by
ordered segmenting and reassembling them at the receiving end.

 Acknowledgment Number (32 bits): This field contains the upcoming sequence
number and it acknowledges the feedback up to that.

 Data Offset (4 bits): The data offset field indicates the starting point of
the TCP data payload also storing the size of the TCP header.

 Control Flags (9 bits): TCP uses a few control flags to regulate communication.
Some of the important flags include:

o SYN (Synchronize): Responsible for connecting the sender and receiver.


o ACK (Acknowledgment): Its purpose is transfer the acknowledgement of
whether the the sender has received data.
o FIN (Finish): It informs whether the TCP connection is terminated or not.
o RST (Reset): Mainly used to reset the connection when an error occurs.

 Window Size (16 bits): The size of the sender’s receive window is specified by this
property.

 Checksum (16 bits): It reveals if the header was damaged during transportation.

 Urgent Pointer (16 bits): This field points to the packet’s first byte of urgent data.

 Options (Variable length): This field represents the different TCP options.

 Data Payload: This field mainly contains the information which is the actual
application data that is being transmitted.

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