Key Features of the Transmission Control Protocol
Here are some key properties of TCP. These are important to know to understand the design of the protocol.
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Connection Oriented
TCP itself is connection-oriented and creates a long term connection between hosts. The connection remains until a certain termination procedure is followed.
Full Duplex
Furthermore, TCP is full-duplex, which means that both hosts on a TCP connection can send messages to each other simultaneously.
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