TCP & UDP PROTOCOLS

TCP & UDP Protocols

TCP & UDP Protocols

As you know every computer or device on the Internet must have a unique number assigned to it called the IP address. This IP address is used to recognize your particular computer out of the millions of other computers connected to the Internet. When information is sent over the Internet to your computer how does your computer accept that information? It accepts that information by using TCP or UDP ports. An easy way to understand ports is to imagine your IP address is a cable box and the ports are the different ...