Reply To: OCU C)OST C Discussion Lesson 04
Well, from what I’ve read UDP is used in instances where speed is valued over reliability and in instances where an occasional dropped packet would not cause too much concern. A real life application where UDP is used in lieu of TCP/IP would be VOIP phone systems, and also video/online game streaming (TCP Vs UDP: When to Use Which Protocol | Twingate, n.d.).
References
TCP vs UDP: When to Use Which Protocol | Twingate. (n.d.). https://www.twingate.com/blog/tcp-vs-udp
