TCP vs UDP: When to Use What, and How TCP Relates to HTTP
Feb 14 · 4 min read · TCP VS UDP While establishing a connection between server and client, there must be some sort of rules to follow, some protocol should be there. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) are two such protocols, either of th...
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TCP vs UDP: When to Use What, and How TCP Relates to HTTP
Feb 12 · 5 min read · Introduction. Whenever we use the internet like opening a website, watching videos or sending messages, data is being transferred from one computer to another. But the internet does not send data as one big file. The data is divided into small packet...
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TCP for Beginners: Why It Exists, How the 3‑Way Handshake Works, and How Data Stays Reliable
Feb 1 · 8 min read · The first time I heard “TCP 3‑way handshake,” it sounded like some deep networking ritual. But the truth is simpler: TCP is just a set of rules that lets two computers talk reliably—even though the internet itself is messy (packets can get lost, dupl...
Join discussionTCP Working: 3-Way Handshake & Reliable Communication
Feb 1 · 2 min read · TCP 3-Way Handshake Process: The TCP 3-Way Handshake is a process used by the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to establish a reliable connection between a client and a server before data transfer. It ensures that both sides are synchronized and r...
Join discussionUnderstanding TCP: How Reliable Communication Works on the Internet
Feb 1 · 4 min read · When you open a website, send an email, or download a file, a lot happens behind the scenes. Data travels across the internet through many networks and devices before reaching its destination. But how does the internet make sure that this data arrive...
Join discussionUnderstanding TCP and UDP: Key Protocols for Smooth Internet Communication
Feb 1 · 2 min read · The internet operates smoothly because it follows a set of rules for sending information, much like traffic rules ensure the smooth movement of cars on roads. Two key protocols that help manage this data flow are TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) a...
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Jan 31 · 4 min read · Introduction Welcome back to the "From Wire to Web" series! Part 1: We built the road (Undersea Cables). Part 2 & 3: We found the address using the GPS (DNS). Now, we need to actually drive to the destination to deliver the message. We are drivin...
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TCP vs UDP: When to Use What, and How TCP Relates to HTTP
Jan 31 · 2 min read · TCP and UDP TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol UDP stands for User Datagram Protocol Both of these protocols work to transport data packets from sender to receiver. Both TCP and UDP are in the Transport layer of the OSI Model Key differen...
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TCP Working: 3-Way Handshake and Reliable Communication
Jan 31 · 9 min read · Last semester, a friend of mine was debugging why his Flask app kept throwing connection errors against a remote database. He spent two hours checking his Python code, his SQL queries, his .env file. The code was fine. The queries were fine. The cred...
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