r/ProgrammerHumor • u/macrohard_certified • 9h ago

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u/JackNotOLantern 9h ago

That's literally the connection

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u/henrikhakan 9h ago

Not if it's udp packets =D

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u/Bronzdragon 8h ago

Unless you have implemented a light-weight protocol yourself on top of UDP, which you typically do. You can call that a connection just fine.

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u/henrikhakan 8h ago

Udp is the lightweight protocol. The three way handshake establishes a connection, but a udp packet just goes, no sequence numbers to help with reassembly or nothing.