https://www.compilemymind.com/tags/transport-layer/ Recent content in Transport-Layer on Compile My Mind Hugo en Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:20:00 +0300 https://www.compilemymind.com/posts/tcp-vs-udp-explained-with-examples/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:20:00 +0300 https://www.compilemymind.com/posts/tcp-vs-udp-explained-with-examples/ <p>TCP and UDP are two of the most important protocols in networking. They both live at the <strong>transport layer</strong>, and they both help applications communicate across networks. But they make very different tradeoffs.</p> <p>The short version:</p> <ul> <li><strong>TCP</strong> is reliable, ordered, connection-oriented communication.</li> <li><strong>UDP</strong> is lightweight, fast, connectionless communication.</li> </ul> <p>If IP is responsible for getting packets from one machine to another, TCP and UDP are responsible for how applications on those machines exchange data.</p>