What are the major differences between TCP and UDP protocols in Linux. When would you choose one over the other for network communication? How does TCP ensure reliable and ordered delivery of data packets compared to UDP in Linux? What are the mechanisms behind TCP’s reliability?
It has a similar concept to that TCP is sending data and receiving data in the same time while the UDP process seems to not update asynchronly the data.
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The major differences between TCP and UDP as data transfer protocols is that TCP focuses more on security of transmitted data while UDP focuses more on speed. TCP is suitable for file transfers because it is generally more secure while UDP is commonly used in live streaming.
This is because if live streaming is TCP protocol it would not work as expected for example if you have problems in connection that is why UDP protocol will be the best solution especially the image will be blured in TCP process.