transport layer

collocation in English

meaningsoftransportandlayer

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transport
noun
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/ˈtræn.spɔːt/us
/ˈtræn.spɔːrt/
the movement of people or goods from one place ...
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layer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɪ.ər/us
/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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(Definition oftransportandlayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thetransportlayerprovides services such as connection-oriented data stream support, reliability, flow control, and multiplexing.
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Thetransportlayerand lower-level layers are unconcerned with the specifics of application layer protocols.
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This means that alltransportlayerimplementations must choose whether or how to provide reliability.
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In some protocols it is merged with thetransportlayer.
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Connection between a logical protocol and atransportlayerhappens at the last possible moment just before information is passed into the logical protocol instance.
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Here thetransportlayeris bypassed, and the packet headers are made accessible to the application.
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Thetransportlayerputs these methods into a protocol, which means it serializes/deserializes the data and transmits it over the network.
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Below this top layer, thetransportlayerconnects applications on different hosts with a logical channel through the network with appropriate data exchange methods.
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By letting only thetransportlayerdeal with physical network-dependent issues, global interoperability can be acquired using mediating gateways.
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Application layer protocols use the underlyingtransportlayerprotocols to establish process-to-process connections via ports.
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Thetransportlayerprovides communication from one application to another.
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Thetransportlayermay regulate flow of information and provide reliable transport, ensuring that data arrives without error and in sequence.
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When requesting a file transfer, the host making the request identifies the corresponding data connection by its network layer andtransportlayeraddresses.
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This kind of attack may also be mitigated at thetransportlayeror application layer by performing end-to-end validation once a connection is established.
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No higher communication level such astransportlayeris part of the technology.
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In digital steganography, electronic communications may include steganographic coding inside of atransportlayer, such as a document file, image file, program or protocol.
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Packets to be sent are accepted from thetransportlayeralong with an identification of the receiving machine.
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It may act as atransportlayerprotocol as well.
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This means that thetransportlayercan keep track of the segments and retransmit those that fail.
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