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authormo khan <mo@mokhan.ca>2025-09-30 14:22:35 -0600
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@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ and articles from other sources. In your own words, explain how TCP
provides a reliable data transfer service.
TCP uses a 3-way handshake to establish a connection from client to
-server. It has built in error detection and correction for corrupted
-data, sequencing to ensure data is reassembled in order, the ability to
-retransmit data due to network errors, just-in-time traffic/congestion
-management.
+server. It has built in error detection for corrupted data, sequencing
+to ensure data is reassembled in order, the ability to retransmit data
+due to network errors, just-in-time traffic/congestion management.
+
+TCP uses ACK packets to acknowledge that it has received segments and uses the
+sequence numbers for keeping track of packets.
## 1.2 Go-Back-N Protocol (5%)