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UDP is a lower level protocol than TCP so it's not an either/or as in "use UDP when low latency etc." is important and TCP when not. Rather, you'd want to use
by jorangreef 11y ago
UDP is a lower level protocol than TCP so it's not an either/or as in "use UDP when low latency etc." is important and TCP when not.
Rather, you'd want to use a protocol built on UDP whenever you want something faster, better, more reliable than TCP.