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Connectionless Protocol

Connectionless Protocol: A protocol where there is no handshaking between the sender and receiver. In a connectionless protocol neither the delivery of messages nor the correct sequencing of messages is guaranteed. UDP is an example of a connectionless protocol.
cf Connection oriented protocol.

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