UDP
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What is UDP?
UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a connectionless protocol used for transmitting data packets over IP networks. It's known for its speed and efficiency, as it doesn't establish a connection before sending data and doesn't guarantee delivery or order. It is commonly used in applications where speed is more important than reliability, such as streaming video and online games, and DNS lookups.
What other technologies are related to UDP?
UDP Competitor Technologies
TCP
TCP is a connection-oriented protocol that offers reliable, ordered data transfer, making it a direct alternative to UDP's connectionless, unreliable approach.
TFTP
TFTP is a simplified file transfer protocol that utilizes UDP and is used where reliability isn't critical but speed is important, making it a competitor for some use cases.
SCTP
SCTP is a reliable transport protocol like TCP, but it provides multi-homing and multi-streaming features, making it a competitor to UDP in specific use cases needing some reliability features.
UDP Complementary Technologies
ICMP
ICMP is used for network diagnostics and error reporting, often used in conjunction with UDP for troubleshooting network issues. It does not provide data transport.
IP
IP is the network layer protocol that UDP relies on to route packets. UDP packets are encapsulated within IP packets.
DNS
DNS can use UDP for smaller queries, and falls back to TCP for larger responses, using UDP for faster transport.
Which job functions commonly mention UDP?
Embedded Engineer
2.0% of all Embedded Engineer jobs mention UDP
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Network Engineer
1.3% of all Network Engineer jobs mention UDP
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Software Engineer
0.2% of all Software Engineer jobs mention UDP
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Engineer
0.2% of all Engineer jobs mention UDP
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Engineering & R&D
0.2% of all Engineering & R&D jobs mention UDP
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