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Another important difference: UDP can't be used in the browser =(
by aakilfernandes 10y ago
Another important difference: UDP can't be used in the browser =(
- oszione 10y agoWith the exception of the QUIC protocol. * TLS over 443/udp
- rdw 10y agoWebRTC is UDP. It's not easy, but it's there!
- foota 10y agonitpick: It can be either
- arkitectual 10y agoIt is possible to use only one or the other.
- semicolon_storm 10y agoCouldn't you potentially use something like WebRTC to get UDP functionality in the browser?
- simplehuman 10y agoWell, neither can TCP.
- jensvdh 10y agoHTTP is built on top of TCP. Websockets are TCP connections.
- simplehuman 10y agoSo? TCP cannot be used directly in the browser by applications authors. It's an abstraction.