udp

4 definitions found

udp - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  User Datagram Protocol
  UDP
  
     <protocol> (UDP) Internet standard network layer,
     transport layer and session layer protocols which
     provide simple but unreliable datagram services.  UDP is
     defined in STD 6, RFC 768.  It adds a checksum and
     additional process-to-process addressing information [to
     what?].  UDP is a connectionless protocol which, like TCP,
     is layered on top of IP.
  
     UDP neither guarantees delivery nor does it require a
     connection.  As a result it is lightweight and efficient, but
     all error processing and retransmission must be taken care of
     by the application program.
  
     Unix manual page: udp(4).
  
     [Postel, Jon, User Datagram Protocol, RFC 768, Network
     Information Center, SRI International, Menlo Park, Calif.,
     August 1980].
  
     (1998-02-11)
  

udp - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  UDP
   /U.D.P/, v.,n.
  
     [Usenet] Abbreviation for Usenet Death Penalty. Common (probably
  now
     more so than the full form), and frequently verbed. Compare IDP.
  

udp - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  UDP
         Usenet Death Penalty (Usenet, spam)
         

  UDP
         User Datagram Protocol (Internet, RFC 768)