<protocol> (UDP) Internet standard network layer,
transport layer and session layer protocols which
provide simple but unreliable datagram services. UDP is
defined in STD 6, RFC 768. It adds a checksum and
additional process-to-process addressing information [to
what?]. UDP is a connectionless protocol which, like TCP,
is layered on top of IP.
UDP neither guarantees delivery nor does it require a
connection. As a result it is lightweight and efficient, but
all error processing and retransmission must be taken care of
by the application program.
Unix manual page: udp(4).
[Postel, Jon, User Datagram Protocol, RFC 768, Network
Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif.,
August 1980].
(1998-02-11)
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