What is a characteristic of the UDP protocol?

The correct answer is B. UDP offers best-effort delivery. UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a connectionless transport protocol that provides best-effort delivery, meaning it sends packets without establishing a connection, without acknowledgment, and without guaranteed delivery or ordering. It does not perform error checking or…

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AUDP can detect when a server is down.
BUDP offers best-effort delivery
CUDP can detect when a server is slow
DUDP offers information about a non-existent server

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(17 responses)

A
6% (1)
B
88% (15)
C
6% (1)

Explanation

UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a connectionless transport protocol that provides best-effort delivery, meaning it sends packets without establishing a connection, without acknowledgment, and without guaranteed delivery or ordering. It does not perform error checking or retransmission. UDP has no mechanism to detect server availability or slowness - those are characteristics associated with connection-oriented protocols like TCP. Option A and C describe TCP-like behaviors, while Option D is not a function of any transport protocol.

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