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# [TCP vs UDP: When to Use What, and How TCP Relates to HTTP](https://anukiranghosh.hashnode.dev/tcp-vs-udp-when-to-use-what-and-how-tcp-relates-to-http?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

When you send data across a network, it does not travel as one clean block. It gets broken into small units called packets and sent across multiple routes. The problem is — networks are unreliable by

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