Basil Daoust wrote: > > From Google search > Abbreviated /UDP/, a _connectionless_ > <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/connectionless.html> _protocol_ > <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/protocol.html> that, like TCP, runs on > top of IP networks. Unlike _TCP/IP_ > <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/TCP_IP.html>, UDP/IP provides very few > error recovery services, offering instead a direct way to send and > receive datagrams over an IP network. It's used primarily for > _broadcasting_ <http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/broadcast.html> messages > over a network.
Not just broadcasting - there are many times where record oriented vs stream oriented is preferred and oftentimes it's used for updating repetitive displays where it doesn't hurt to miss a record or two. It's easy to build reliability on top of UDP if needed (using sequence numbers and such). > In the end it means your responsible for tracking lost messages they > won't be retried. True. PS: Please post in plain text. -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
