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===UDP===
===UDP===
In a few cases (with protocols that use UDP) confirmation responses are not used. After the recipient requests data, the host will simply send it all, without caring whether it is received or not. Although a true download in which the recipient is passive, this method is risky to use in most situations, since important content can be lost. However, this method works much more quickly, so it is very useful when the focus is on quantity over quality. While a garbled sentence in an e-mail would be unacceptable, a few discolored pixels in one frame of a streamed video will not matter. For this reason, UDP is primarily used for:
*Video streaming ([[Netflix]], [[YouTube]], DailyMotion, etc.)
*Video streaming ([[Netflix]], [[YouTube]], DailyMotion, etc.)
*Music streaming (Pandora, Spotify, etc.)
*Music streaming (Pandora, Spotify, etc.)
*Video conferencing ([[Skype]], etc.)
*Video conferencing ([[Skype]], etc.)
*Voice over IP (VoIP)
*[[Voice over IP]] (VoIP)
Although UDP is less versatile and reliable, if is quite common among Internet traffic. In fact, a 2013 article reported that half of the Internet traffic in the United States is streaming from Netflix and YouTube.<ref>http://www.thewire.com/technology/2013/05/netflix-youtube-traffic/65210</ref> This means that if this report is still accurate, over half of the Internet traffic is using UDP.
Although UDP is less versatile and reliable, it is quite common among Internet communication. In fact, a 2013 article reported that half of the Internet traffic in the United States is streaming from Netflix and YouTube.<ref>http://www.thewire.com/technology/2013/05/netflix-youtube-traffic/65210</ref> This means that if this report is still accurate, over half of the Internet traffic is using UDP.
==References==
==References==