Can anyone tell be where to use the UDP protocol except live streaming of music/video? What are default usecases for UDP?
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Can anyone tell be where to use the UDP protocol except live streaming of music/video? What are default usecases for UDP?
UDP is also good for broadcast, such as service discovery – finding that newly plugged in printer.
Also of note is that broadcast is anonymous, you don’t need to specify target hosts, as such it can form the foundation of a convenient plug-and-play or high-availability network.