UDP (User Datagram Protocol): Difference between revisions

One of several core protocols commonly used on the Internet. Used by programs on networked computers to send short messages, called datagrams, between one another. UDP is a lightweight message protocol, and compared to TCP, is stateless and more efficient at handling lots of short messages from many clients compared to other protocols like TCP. Because UDP is widely used, and also since it has no guaranteed delivery mechanism built in, it is also referred to as Universal Datagram Protocol, and as Unreliable Datagram Protocol.