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Soo, maybe a silly question... but are downloads from the internet always "linear"? Meaning they go uninterrupted from start to end and if it drops it will stop
by RealityVoid 10y ago
Soo, maybe a silly question... but are downloads from the internet always "linear"? Meaning they go uninterrupted from start to end and if it drops it will stop in the middle of the downloaded file? Doesn't it get "pieces" and then place them together?
- StavrosK 10y agoIt does get pieces, which are sequential. At least, curl does, if you don't tell it otherwise.
- Ao7bei3s 10y agoIt depends on your download program, but that's irrelevant because of the pipe. It has to be linearized before going through the pipe.
- h3st 10y agoPackets can arrive out of order, yeah. TCP includes ordering information, so lost packets can be retransmitted and in the end everything'll be in proper order. As for UDP, I'd tell ya a UDP joke, but get it you might not.