TCP Transmission Control Protocol. A standard for packetizing data for transmission over the Internet. TCP is considered a reliable protocol, since error checking and retransmission are done by TCP, not the web application. UDP User Datagram Protocol. A standard for packetizing data for transmission over the Internet.
Error handling is the responsibility of the web application.
Web another name for the Internet. Web application an application that uses the Internet to send or receive data. Web server see HTTP server. World Wide Web see Web. This website and all content copyright 2000 Bagotronix Inc., except where noted otherwise.