UDP is a

A

connection oriented protocol

B

connectionless protocol

C

userdefined protocol

D

security protocol

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The correct Answer is:
B
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) uses a simple connectionless transmission model with a minimum of protocol mechanism. It provides checks sums for data integrity, and port numbers for addressing different functions at the source and destination of the datagram. It is an alternative communicatiions protocol to Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) used primarily for establishing low latency and loss tolerating connections betwen application on the Internet.
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